𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐎𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞

𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐎𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞

Author: Benjamin Alire Saenz

Pages: 390

Dante can swim. Ari can't. Dante is articulate and self-assured. Ari has a hard time with words and suffers from self-doubt. Dante gets lost in poetry and art. Ari gets lost in thoughts of his older brother who is in prison. Dante is fair skinned. Ari's features are much darker. It seems that a boy like Dante, with his open and unique perspective on life, would be the last person to break down the walls that Ari has built around himself.

But against all odds, when Ari and Dante meet, they develop a special bond that will teach them the most important truths of their lives, and help define the people they want to be. But there are big hurdles in their way, and only by believing in each other―and the power of their friendship―can Ari and Dante emerge stronger on the other side.

Review:

"𝘼𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙙? 𝙊𝙛 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚?"

𝙄 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚'𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙙 𝙞𝙩.

𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚 𝙌𝙪𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙖?"

Oh boy!! Lookout I'm coming for you✨❤️

"𝙎𝙬𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝘼𝙧𝙞. 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩."

I lost myself in this book more than any other book I read this year. It is unlike anything I've ever read before. At first, I thought it was going to be a long, slow read, but as I gradually became more and more engrossed in Ari and Dante's story the pages started to fly by much more quickly than I’d expected. I’ll probably go back and read it again before too long.

Definitely not gonna waste my time, I already ordered the second book in the series, most probably I'll receive it today, no wonder that this book is everyone's favorite. 

"I didn't care because what mattered was that Dante's voice felt real. And I felt real. Until Dante, being with other people was the hardest thing in the world for me. But Dante made talking and living and feeling seem like all those things were perfectly natural. Not in my world, they weren't.”

Very worthy of the hype. For Dante and Ari ❤

Rating : 10/10