We already had a post about why KISS THE SKY has quickly become one of our favorite books we wrote, and why it means so much to us. But I wanted to write a post about what this book means to me in particular. It has a lot to do with why I love Connor Cobalt (besides for his supreme sexiness, of course ;)) And why Becca is such a fantastic writer and literally captures emotions and feelings that don't even come from her...but come from me. Weird, yes. I'll explain later...

Some of you may not know, but I never planned on becoming an author, a writer, or anything in between. I started writing a little after Becca (when I was twelve, I guess). And they were horrible  stories. No plot. All character-driven books. Between high school and college, I must have written over a hundred books. Nothing completed. And most between 20,000-70,000 words. I was just messing around. I liked to write, but nothing serious like Becca. 

My path was medicine. It had been since I was thirteen. I was going to be a doctor. There was no other possibility in my head. It was tunnel vision. It was all I could ever see myself doing. So I get to college and I majored in Biology, and I pushed myself so hard to achieve my dream. I did Genetics research, volunteering, shadowing, and even an honors thesis my senior year. College was a marathon that literally left me winded by the end. I had "burned out" as so many other students do. 

But I still took the MCAT. I still got a med school interview. I jumped through all those hoops, even though it felt really different. Why? 

I started writing books with Becca. It changed everything. I actually finished a book, for starters. And we realized quickly how good of a team we actually are. We're twins, but all my strengths in writing are Becca's weaknesses. All Becca's strengths are my weaknesses. We compliment each other. 

So here I was. The end of my senior year of college. I should have been so excited. I completed the hardest, most rigorous 4 years of my life, and all I could feel was dread. My dreams had slowly begun to change and I didn't even realize it until the very end. It's a weird, weird feeling. 

Which brings me to my next point. Becca wrote something from Connor Cobalt's POV that literally made me start crying when I read it. It felt like she saw exactly what I went through, and just reached in and grabbed out my heart. 

**There's a small SPOILER in the quote -- if you haven't read KISS THE SKY**

In the same way Connor quit Wharton, I decided not to go to medical school. It's hard to say goodbye to something you've planned for yourself since you were young. But I love that Becca captured the relief from it too. Dreams that you root yourself to and aren't the ones that you want anymore can weigh you down.

So this is why I absolutely love Becca's writing. I was the one who experienced something much similar to Connor. And yet, she's the one who ultimately wrote those lines that express every sentiment about the situation. 

So after, a huge lengthy explanation, KISS THE SKY means so much to me because I can relate to Connor. And because it proved, once again, that Becca is my perfect writing partner :)