honey girl is for anyone who has ever asked “are you there? is anyone listening?” it took me a little bit of time to get into the writing style of this book (it’s very poetic and many of the things people say seem too poetic to be even half realistic) but once i did, this was life changing. i read this on a recommendation from one of my closest friends since she chose it for a book club that we run together, and then as a book club, we had genuinely the best book club discussion i have ever had in my entire life. we are largely different ages, but every single person saw themself in some way in this book, and multiple people from ages 20-50 gave this book 5 stars. personally, there were multiple points where i cried so hard i had to stop reading because i genuinely could not see.

this is a coming of age story. although the romance is important, the crux of the book is self discovery. i’m turning 25 in a month, and even though i am a little younger than the main character (grace), i have been feeling a lot of things that she feels in that i often feel like i have no idea where i want to go with my life long term. i’m not at all where i thought i would be at age 25, and it’s an ongoing process to accept that, even though i like where i am. no character was 100% exactly like me, but wow were the emotions and the relationships relatable. i rarely come out of a book feeling so seen. this cut right to the core of the fact that so many people are lonely and longing for connection but have no idea where/how to find it.

to any other lonely creatures: are you there? let’s talk