REVIEW: Underneath the Sycamore Tree by B. Celeste

Title: Underneath the Sycamore Tree
Author: B. Celeste
Publication Date: November 1, 2019
Rating: ★★★★☆
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It happened in stages.⁣
My father left.⁣
My twin sister died of an incurable autoimmune disease.⁣
My mother started breaking down.⁣
Then I was diagnosed with the very thing that took my other half from me.⁣
That was when I realized Mama’s eyes turned gold when she cried.⁣
So I moved in with my father and his new family—new wife, new son, new stepbrother.⁣
Kaiden Monroe made me feel normal.⁣
Hated. Cared for. Loathed. And … loved.⁣
Somewhere along the way, I’d found solace in the boy with brooding eyes.⁣
But everything happens in stages.⁣
And nothing good ever lasts.⁣





My Thoughts... 

This book was so heavy in the topics it dealt with, yet so realistic and filled with so much emotions. Going into this book you know through the synopsis that our main character is dying. In knowing that, I had to mentally prepare myself and know that I would not get the HEA ending that I usually get. I knew this book would be a huge tear jerker but I don't think I realised how sad it would be and how devastated I felt at the end, but also a little happy? happy in the sense that our main character got to feel happiness and love and be able to live her life how she wanted before she breathed her last breath. She was surrounded by her loved ones and most importantly, she was with the boy who showed her so much. 

This book was tragic and heartbreaking from the beginning. I felt so many emotions and at the end it had me bawling like a baby. I think it's so very important that there are more stories like this, about chronic illness, because it does happen and it's sad and it should be talked about more.