Top Ten Tuesday | Top Ten Characters I Want to Check in on

Top Ten Characters I Want to Check in on

I don’t know about you all, but this checking in thing is something I do ALL THE TIME. I’m constantly wondering about characters from books I’ve loved as if they were real people–How are they now? What are they up to? Are things still the way they were when I last saw them? Are they still together? (The answer to this is OBVS always yes.) So this Top Ten Tuesday is exciting for me. It’s also mostly couples. Can’t help myself. But the truth is, it’s mostly couples because I love them both and want them both to be OK. Better than OK.

Elisa & Hector | Girl of Fire and Thorns | If you’ve read this series–and if you haven’t, I can’t recommend it enough–you’re probably wondering how things are going for Elisa and Hector. They’re two of my favorite characters who’ve dealt with so much: war, death, love, responsibility, priorities. The evolution of their romance is really special, and their loyalty to one another is solid.

Isla & Josh | Isla and the Happily Ever After | I just reread this book and rediscovered that I LOVE IT SO MUCH. These two. They’re so passionate and intense. Different from Anna and Etienne, who are such AMAZING friends that their love burns slowly. Isla and Josh burn quickly and HOPEFULLY FOREVER. I just want to make sure they’re still in love and living their dreams together up in New Hampshire.

Sean & Puck | The Scorpio Races | DUH. I want to see Sean and Puck, I want to see Corr and Dove, I want to see Thisby, I want to see Sean’s house that they’re inevitably living in. I wish I lived in Thisby so that I could see these two every day.

Lennie & Joe | The Sky Is Everywhere | Another DUH. Talk about two people saving each other from grief and stress with an all-consuming connection. I think we left these two in a really great place, but I still want to see how they are. I want to make sure Lennie is doing what she wants for herself, playing her clarinet or not. I hope she finds some trace of her mother. I hope Joe’s dad isn’t such a tool, and maybe that he’s in a well-respected and awesome indie band with his brothers. I hope they’re happy, together. I’d love to see them again.

Karou & Akiva | Daughter of Smoke and Bone | I got the distinct feeling that this series was over but not OVER, you know? Like there’s maybe more to be told about this world and these people. Because I know that there was so much to repair between the angels and the chimera, I wonder if Karou and Akiva have been able to bridge the hatred a little more.

Eleanor & Park | Eleanor & Park | I heard a rumor that was hopefully not a rumor that Rainbow Rowell was writing a book about Eleanor and Park in their 30s. YES. YES A MILLION TIMES. Their story, even though it’s sad sometimes, is always a little brighter in those moments when their troubles are taking a back seat to THEM.

Josh & Sky | I’ll Meet You There | Ever since I finished this book, and then since I got the special letter from Heather Demetrios, I’ve been ever more convinced that I need to live in a world where these two are real. How is Sky doing at school? How is Josh doing with his puppy? These are really important things. I want to know them.

Violet Markey | All the Bright Places | Oh, Violet. I don’t worry about Violet because I think Finch saved her from her grief. But that doesn’t mean I still don’t want to make sure she’s ok, that she’s learning and moving forward and cherishing all the times she visited unassuming spots across Indiana with a boy she loved.

Michael Merrick | The Elementals | I still haven’t worked up the nerve/desire to write my review of this book because it let me down pretty majorly. Which is devastating because Michael Merrick was my favorite brother. I want to go back and see what’s going on with him and Hannah and his brothers. I also want more kissing this time.

Day & June | Legend | UGH the ending of this series was OUTSTANDING. I loved that Day and June found each other again and that everything was filled with such promise. So even though the ending was pretty perfect, I’d never turn away the opportunity to see how things are with them now.