Beautiful. Poignant. Phenomenal.
This was a beautify read and I learnt so much. I cried and I smiled and there was nothing more that I wanted from this book. Truly a gem.

This is a good introduction to healthy relationship habits, but it is quite basic - and can therefore come off a little patronising. I’m not sure whether Tone actually believes that these are purely original thoughts, but it can read like that at times. She does say in the foreword “I’m sure many of the lessons I’ve included are things you’ve read and heard before”, but that made me question why I needed to know how these “valuable nuggets and gems” have applied to Tone’s life. Because that’s how each chapter ends - the repetitive formula of each chapter is: the idea/lesson is presented; different iterations of it are discussed; it is brought back to how it applies to Tone. And then there’s her “hope that [sharing these learnings] may change your life” - what, those lessons that we’ve all probably heard before…? There are also constant disclaimers of how she’s not speaking for everyone etc., which was fine the first couple of times, but just got old and “the lady doth protest too much”-esque. I was hoping for a fresher, more unique look at love and relationships. In the nicest way, this may be better as a book given to teenagers (particularly teenage girls), at the beginning of their love lives.