self-discovery and enlightenment. Modica uses vivid imagery, otherworldly metaphors, and intensely raw feelings as a means of ruminating on the sheer vastness of love and heartbreak. Within these pages, Modica’s intentions are palpable—to elicit from the reader intense, genuine emotion, and for these words to simultaneously feel utterly relatable. It is meeting a new lover for the first time. It is looking to the stars for comfort after healing from a broken heart. It is feeling the everlasting love of a relationship maintained. It is the questions we hold deep in our hearts. It is understanding the difficult concepts behind our basic notions of love, and what we truly hold dear.

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