Poughkeepsie: Smile, 446 & Tattoos

I've read this book as a recommendation from one of the book clubs I found on Twitter called @theSUBCLUBbooks as I finished another book called Gabriel's Rapture (which I have yet to write about... since its my most treasured book of the moment together with the first book). I was finding a weekend book to read and they suggested POUGHKEEPSIE.

At first I thought the cover was captivating:

See! Who would not be interested in a cover like that. Its too intriguing and that tattoo who would not want the story behind that right? So just by seeing that I had to download the book via my Kindle App. I just had to. (Yup! I am a visual person)

First few chapters of the book I thought was pretty bizarre I kept thinking am I understanding this correctly? a homeless person and this beautiful girl who had this amazing smile how is this going to turn out?

By the time it reached Chapter 5 everything was clear the connection between Blake & Livia (the lead characters). How Blake counted Livia's smile the moment he laid eyes on her (this is probably my favorite scene in the book). And as if counting was not enough he knew what number each smile was.

Then the other characters had something going on for themselves as well. I liked how it didn't focus to just the 2 main characters and how each of the other character's story intertwined with the others.

It's a story of love and kindness shown in different situations and perspective. How humanity always has a chance to redeem themselves in unexpected circumstances.