Blue
Ribbon

Tender enough to hurt. I keep rereading the last paragraph like it owes me money.

“This ruined every other thing I tried to read after it. Unfair.”

“Slowest burn on the whole app and I would have waited twice as long.”

Closed my laptop. Stared at a wall. Opened it again. Kept reading.

the way he says her name. that's it. that's the review.

the tension in this could hold a roof up.

every chapter ends one sentence too soon and I mean that as the highest praise.

Forgot it was an engine by line two. Then forgot my own name.