Batool’s Reviews > Hothouse Flower > Status Update

{I’ve only ever seen black and white when it comes to my family. But maybe
this is too gray—maybe there’s no right and wrong choice. }

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do
not stop.”

"But your family doesn’t just leave when you become an adult. They’re a part of you forever."

She cannot have a panic attack while I’m here and she’s there.
“Shh, shh,”I tell her in the gentlest voice I can. Calming someone…that’s not a skill I possess. I jump after girls who dive off of cliffs. I accompany crazy chicks on their illogical adventures. I teach them how to
stand back up. I hold them while they fucking cry. But I’m not there to do any of these things. I’m thousands of miles away

“Maybe I’m overanalyzing everything.”

1% in and I’m already laughing, screaming, and terrified… but in the best way possible. 😭 If this is how the book starts, I already know I’m going to be destroyed. And I’m SO ready. 💀❤️