Can I finish this post before midnight figercrossed, yes, since I won’t go to bed until I post this. So, as I said in an upcoming post, I read 13 books so far, some pretty short like the 14-page story of The Girl Who Faded into the Sky by Ninh Vũ, if thinking about it, I’m hoping it’s not AI. Today, I set out I write about YA romance, but then I decided to read Arctic Bloom: When the Ice Melts, Love Takes Root by Eva Lovelle, the latest novel in the Hearts & Horizons series. It’s a series that deals with climate change issues.
If you follow my blog, you know that I love this author. This series has been my favourite of 2025, and I don’t think I ever highlighted so many lines in a book that is only 94 pages. We meet Rory Winters, who, at just 17, has been documenting her Alaskan village’s disappearance into the rising seas over the last two years, when Skye Mitchell arrives with her father, a climate researcher. The first line that touched was this: “You’re the original text. We’re just trying to learn how to read it.” As a way for Skye to explain to Rory that she doesn’t want to change her culture, but learn about it
Rory takes Skye to the place where her ancestors have their final resting place, saying that due to the ice melting, “In five years, maybe less, this will all be underwater. We’re having to relocate the graves, but there are so many, and some are so old we can’t identify them anymore.” I can’t imagine knowing that my loved ones are in a flood is taking away their remains. Since yes, I know this is fiction, but it’s something that will happen if action isn’t taken.
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