for those who have always felt unwanted, never wanted. this is for you. ♡

long overdue because i didn’t know how to review this book. i was fully absorbed into the story and each scene played in front of my own pair of eyes clearly. it got me feeling all sorts of emotions my god. the most important thing is that it made me believe in love again. your right one is out there, and will come with time. 

songs of the runaway heart core 🎸🏍️✨
🎸 childhood friends to lovers
🎸 trio brothers
🎸 hot mmc x witty fmc
🎸 single dad raising a kid in kindergarten

kamelia and haikal were inseparable—always glaring and having banters with one another since they were kid. until one day, kamelia left without a word. life between these two crumbled but things get back on track over time, until they bumped into each other again, nine years later. kamelia living in her van. haikal raising his kid, alone.

first of all, the banters!?!?! SO CUTE and idk if it was the past-12-AM hormones when i was reading or the book just keeps getting cuter and cuter??? the amount of times i had to stop reading and squealed my face onto the book???? unhealthy. i literally palmed myself on the book countless times because *i* was blushing 

and thank YOU marisa for kamelia’s witty character 😭🙏🏻 there’s definitely more than one “i love kamelia” annotation on my copy. i love kamelia so much i love her humour. [i think i’m just so bored with innocent characters who blurt out “huh, awak suka saya? 😦” kind of thing you know what i mean]

there’s a song dedicated in the beginning of every chapter and i played the songs accordingly for the said chapter, and it DID NOT DISAPPOINT. 🔛🔝 the song choice fits its own chapter SO well (read: the brothers seem hotter with the background song), i 100% recommend playing the songs accordingly cus what an experience 💯!!!

i also appreciate how kamelia and haikal were given the character development that they deserve. other characters in the book receive theirs too, in fact (it made me sob in my bed in the middle of the night).

[special shoutout—i feel so much for alif. my roman empire is alif being left alone, breaking down in the hospital, with his own thoughts, pain, guilt, and feelings.]

a must read for sure. i’d say it’s a light read (though it made me cry a few times LOL) but it’s definitely a book that’ll make you squeal in silence cus you don’t want people to think you’re crazy