The infinite moment of us epub

Summer love has never been so good. And it's difficult to see that as a bad thing. Myracle expertly captures the intense connection of first love, from the need to spend every moment together to trying to figure out how to communicate with one another.

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Please sign in again so you can continue to borrow titles and access your Loans, Wish list, and Holds pages. Myracle expertly captures the intense connection of first love, from the need to spend every moment together to trying to figure out how to communicate with one another. ATOS Level: 4. Availability can change throughout the month based on the library's budget. You can still place a hold on the title, and your hold will be automatically filled as soon as the title is available again.

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If you're still having trouble, follow these steps to sign in. Add a library card to your account to borrow titles, place holds, and add titles to your wish list. Imagine that in a new era. Myracle's book is an honest, touching story about a girl discovering what love is for the first time and learning what it means from the inside out. But what takes this book a step further is that it's also about a boy discovering he has many capacities for love, too.

It's a book that is frank and authentic about sexuality and what it means to be a person who has challenges -- be them big ones or small ones. Longer review to com Remember what Judy Blume did in Forever? I wish I had had it when I was It would have made me feel less weird about so many things. View all 3 comments. Jun 12, Trisha rated it did not like it. Sweet and all encompassing - making you jealous of stupid things, get mad and selfish and possessive. I really did. But I just This book felt so inappropriate for the age range that can get their hands on it.

My 17 year old would roll eyes at the first half and have dropped it for the 2nd half grossness. The description and details - just yuck. My 11 year old 7th grad "The rest of July was hot and sweaty and so were Charlie and Wren. My 11 year old 7th grade middle school child is ALSO pushed into the teen section by the library - after Elementary school that's where they are expected to grab their reading material. I shudder to think what would happen if SHE had gotten her hands on this.

The romanticized unprotected sex. The blow jobs, the finger play and just UGH! And the worst part is, that it could have been just a "and the they get into bed" and then scene fades to black and we got to the next moment - all that gross stuff could have been left out and this book STILL would have held the turmoil and confusion of first love and immature romance because it was. This really edges into New Adult range - closer to adult. THIS book is in their adult section - where it should be.

Apr 23, caren rated it it was ok Shelves: meh , galley-arc , swooning-for-days. Those choices also include finally giving in to her crush on Charlie Parker, a boy from school who just may have a crush on her, too. Stay or go? But neither Wren, nor Charlie, can imagine living without each other, either. So what will they do? Really, really excited. Which I think sometimes creates unreal expectations in my head for how a book should play out. I want everything to be perfect and fluffy and lovely, and I want to float on a cloud of swoon until the very last page.

But when I first opened this up, I found Wren a little awkward—which should have been easy for me to identify with. It was just odd. It was difficult for me to follow her thought patterns, and eventually some of the conversations of these characters, too. I stuck with it, though, hoping it was just me being tired. And I will say this, it got a little less awkward. In some places. Mostly toward the end.

And Lauren did follow through on that whole swoon thing, because Charlie was sweet and I liked him a lot, but it was all still very…strange. I found Wren to be a bit bratty only child syndrome , and Charlie, while super sweet, annoyed me in spots as well.

Just like that. Epilogues are our friends! Such a pretty cover I wanted to really like this one, and for a bit, I thought that I would fall head over heels in love with it. Wren is an only child who comes from a life of pri Such a pretty cover Wren is an only child who comes from a life of privilege and overbearing parents who have her entire life planned out Charlie lives with his foster family and works hard for everything.

Perfect and imperfect. They both feel as if something is missing in their lives, and then they find each other. In the beginning, I liked Wren. She wanted to do something on her own. She remained extremely immature. In fact, I felt like she digressed back to all the stereotypes she was trying to rebel against.

And God was she needy. For someone who wanted to be independent, she complained an awful lot about Charlie not being there or wanting her every moment of the day. Charlie, on the other hand, I loved. He was the shining beacon of this story. His character was so much more realistic than Wren and I felt his emotions so much more.

Being a female writer, she certainly tapped in to the male perspective very well. He loved his family and he loved Wren and he felt torn about where his loyalties lie. Even his psycho ex. He wore his heart on his sleeve and I just wanted to hug him. A strong character that made mistakes and owned up to them. This was a nice love story about two different people coming together and figuring out how to grow.

The blatant lies, the drunken phone calls — these were to be expected, although not new and very predictable. What started out as a showdown you saw coming, turned into something worthy of the OC or Also, one other thing that bothered me.

I think it should be classified as NA. The sex was a little too graphic for YA. A good telling of first love and I would like to read more from this author. I received an e-copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This review can also be seen here on my blog. Apr 21, Cassandra Thebookishcrypt rated it liked it. Lauren completely took me by surprise. It was an amazing surprise, one that I hope happens to me more often.

Anyway, this book follows Wren, an 18 year old who has parents that dictate about every part of her life. Her insecurities have taken over her life and she's trying to detach herself from her parents' hips by moving away after summer. I was okay and symp Lauren completely took me by surprise. I was okay and sympathetic with her for the most part but there were far too many times that she got on my nerves.

I didn't feel like she made much of a development by the end, if she did at all. Her actions and reactions sometimes drove me through the wall. In the end, she sort of redeemed herself, but not really. Our main love interest is Charlie and yes, we do get his POV. I don't have to specify that Charlie was my favorite, right? Well he was. Ugh, that guy made me swoon so much. His personality was fantastic but there was a weight on his shoulders that made me cry.

It hurt seeing him double-guessing just how amazing he was. He's supportive, smart, loving, loyal, and caring to a fault.

He definitely deserves to be loved with every fiber of a human being's body. I just wished Wren did a better job at it. Now, HIS character development I loved to pieces. He has such an amazing family that showed him what he couldn't see in himself. They showed him just how fantastic he was and I felt myself indebted to them, as if he actually existed in real life. In the end, he made me so so proud. Yes, he's not perfect, but I love his flaws as much as everything else about him. I was ecstatic that it ended on his POV, it's the reason why I rated it as close to 4 as I could get.

I read this book in one siting and loved it so much! The reason why I couldn't give it a full 4 stars was mainly because I wasn't happy with Wren. She was a great part of the story and she didn't make me love her which was a bummer. But everything else, I was super happy about! Jun 16, Sarah rated it did not like it. This is just not my thing at all. It's probably well-written for the style, but not in a style I enjoy dual third person, which is weird style; I'd prefer either dual first for more traditional third person like Sarah Rees Brennan uses.

I ended up skipping ahead, hoping it just was off to a tedious start, but it never worked for me. I was also bothered by the way one character was treated, as others have been as well. I also did not finish Myracle's Shine, so I suspect her style is just not fo This is just not my thing at all. I also did not finish Myracle's Shine, so I suspect her style is just not for me, though I know others love her work.

My ARC had a letter from the author I usually enjoy reading these , which had a tone that really started this book off on a wrong foot for me, so I'm sure that tinged my enjoyment as well. Finally, I was very troubled by view spoiler [the weird "no condoms" thing which did nothing for the story.

But, I critique adult fiction for this all the time, and YA doesn't get a pass at all. I simply can't deal with the weird anti-condom narrative that's so common in fiction these days. I realize that's changed a lot and I don't think that's a good thing. Sep 08, Heather rated it it was ok Shelves: Oh to be young and feel the thrill of experiencing love, lust and miscommunication for the first time. Bitterness hasn't taken hold, nor have the lessons learned from past mistakes as those mistakes have yet to happen.

I'd like to say it gets better with age, but adulthood does not remedy the idiocy of love's keen sting. The Infinite Moment of Us does a great job of disp Oh to be young and feel the thrill of experiencing love, lust and miscommunication for the first time.

The Infinite Moment of Us does a great job of displaying all the mental trials and emotional triumphs that coincide with falling in love for the first time, or even with someone new.

I give extra points to Myracle for refusing to fade her scenes to black. The sex scenes are tastefully descriptive. Aug 06, Lydia Presley rated it did not like it Shelves: fiction , , romance , coming-of-age. I'm going to be unpopular with my opinion of The Infinite Moment of Us because, frankly, I thought it to be rubbish.

I'm all for pushing the envelope with young adult books and do not think that all books are created equal i. Read the rest of this review on The Lost Entwife. Aug 03, Meg rated it it was ok. Where is the depth of intimacy and intense soulful connection between the two teen lovers the author promises in her "disclaimer"?

It's not just about the sex, she is saying. Yeah, it seems it kind of is, since the whole plot of the novel is "when are they gonna get it on?? That is the entire plot, with maybe a little action thrown in at the end, which seemed tacked on for no reason. Wren really annoyed me, too. She's a perfect little miss thing, but can Where is the depth of intimacy and intense soulful connection between the two teen lovers the author promises in her "disclaimer"?

The author hints at Wren's inner turmoil, should she obey her parents and go to Emory, or follow her heart and volunteer in Guatemala First she's controlled by her parents and then her "lust" for Charlie.

The strained relationship between Wren and her parents was also underdeveloped and might have been interesting given half a chance. In the novel, I honestly only really liked Starrla, the jealous ex, and Charlie's foster dad from Boston as real characters. I also hated that Charlie calls Wren baby all the time. For real? Did I stumble into a Justin Beiber video?

Cuz it felt like that. Some parts are probably very realistic re: teen behaviour but some of the dialogue just didn't ring true and came off forced. Since there was no real development of "love" or any connection beyond the physical between Wren and Charlie the many sex scenes come off as a bit awkward and sometimes, just plain hilarious and not in a good way.

Even sexting? On the upside it is a very quick read, so I didn't actually waste too much of my time on this soft-porn teen soaper. Jun 08, Brittany rated it it was ok Shelves: romance , own , ya , hard-back , contemporary. I literally just finished this and I'm still rolling my eyes. I will mention that this should not be classified as YA.

It is definitely NA based on the sex scenes and the words used. It's pretty juvenile NA though. I think this book tried to hard to be a more grown up version of Forever by Judy Blume I didn't like that book either. You've got the coming of age, first love, young love going on which wasn't executed all that well.

The writing was to simple. The characters one dimensional. I get w I literally just finished this and I'm still rolling my eyes. I get what Myracle was trying for. But for me, that just didn't come through. In the end it was still an enjoyable read.

And that cover, yo. Apr 17, Trish Doller rated it it was amazing. I have a lot of thoughts. Good ones. But they're all jumbled and I'll have to think on this before I write a real review and maybe I never will but I do think Lauren Myracle did something brave and important here and my hands hurt from clapping. Readers also enjoyed. Young Adult. Realistic Fiction. New Adult.

About Lauren Myracle. Lauren Myracle. Lauren Myracle is the author of numerous young adult novels. She was born in in North Carolina. Books by Lauren Myracle. But souls are complicated, as are the bodies that house them. Sexy, romantic, and oh-so-true to life, this is an unforgettable look at first love from one of young adult fiction's greatest writers.

Summer love has never been so good. And it's difficult to see that as a bad thing. Myracle expertly captures the intense connection of first love, from the need to spend every moment together to trying to figure out how to communicate with one another. ATOS Level: 4. Kindle Book Release date: November 12, Availability can change throughout the month based on the library's budget.

You can still place a hold on the title, and your hold will be automatically filled as soon as the title is available again. The OverDrive Read format of this ebook has professional narration that plays while you read in your browser. Learn more here.