Bread Pudding

"I've been in my room and in bed with the lights off for basically the entire weekend when Mom knocks on my door. 'Come bake with me,' she says. 'I'm making bread pudding.' She's wearing her Kiss the Cook apron. 'I'm not really in the mood,' I say, burying myself even farther under the blanket. 'Well, you're doing it anyway,' she says, pulling my blanket off. I know from her tone that I don't have a choice."

Book Review: “Instructions for Dancing” by Nicola Yoon

About halfway through listening to the audiobook for Instructions for Dancing, I saw a few Instagram posts promoting the book. To my surprise, this lighthearted romance was getting reactions like mine above, proclaiming readers’ heartbreak. Even those warnings didn’t prepare me for the ending.