![]() The language throughout this book absolutely enchanted me. ![]() She shows the internal and external hardships that come with being in an interracial relationship how the pair have to communicate to actually be able to continue their relationship. Woodson doesn't just show the pair when they are delighted with each other. The pair are so wrapped up with each other in such a delightful and all-encompassing way that is so realistically teenage. ![]() Woodson does an excellent job so showing the giddiness of young love and how enchanted people can be with each other. The relationship in this book is so tender and gentle. We see them dealing with their family lives, figuring out how to be in an interracial relationship with all the judgment from outside their relationship, and just being giddy with first love. The pair are instantly drawn together, and as soon as proximity allows, they begin spending as much time together as they possibly can. Miah is a fifteen-year-old Black boy, his parents are going through a divorce, and his father is paying for him to switch to a private school. It begins with Elisha, Ellie, a fifteen-year-old Jewish girl who is the last child left in her slightly tense family home she starts a new school and meets Jeremiah. ![]() If You Come Softly is a Romeo and Juliet-inspired book. Woodson has been one of those authors I knew I needed to read but just hadn't quite yet I am so glad I picked this book up on a whim. This was my first Jacqueline Woodson novel, and I am sure it will not be my last. ![]()
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