For as long as I can remember, I have always been a fun, outspoken, and outgoing person. I love dressing up, socializing, and meeting new people both online and offline. Even when I’m at home, I love having people around although, I still value some alone time. However, the reality is, I was born to be an outdoor person but forced to be an indoor princess.

I’ll admit, staying connected is easier said than done. Amidst busy schedules, life happening, days turn into weeks in a blur and you realize it’s been a while you checked in on your loved ones.Somehow, I have been blessed with the type of people that even if we hadn’t talked for ages, when we do catch up, it’ll feel as if we’ve been talking every day.

Isn't it intriguing how a book can evoke such strong emotions toward its protagonist that you find yourself both frustrated and utterly captivated? Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole is precisely that kind of novel. I don’t know what I was expecting when I first started this book but perhaps because I just finished reading the Percy Jackson series and Fourth Wing, I was somehow subconsciously expecting a book with a magical main character who is driven by their sole purpose.

Src.“Mama, you don’t have to go, we can still survive the next few hours till the rain stops”, said Amara.Despite spending the last five years in the poorest living condition, with a mud house for roof over their head, no more than three tattered gowns and barely having enough to eat, Mama Chi couldn’t have been more grateful to have the most understanding 14 years old daughter.

Have you seen the K-drama "Uncanny Counter"? If you haven't, let this review be the conviction you need to go check it out, it has Season 1 and 2.First off, here’s the gist: the story talks about a group of demon hunters called Counters who disguise themselves as noodle shop workers. A limping teenager, grumpy Unni (young lady), an ahjumma (elderly lady) and an ahjussi (elderly man). Their job is to take down evil spirits that possess humans and commit unspeakable crimes. Simple enough, right? Except nothing in this series is ever that simple.

These days, I’ve been coming across posts that talk about mental illnesses like ADHD, DID, Depression, and so on. It’s been really eye-opening, and I’ve realized that while some of us may relate to certain symptoms, the intensity and inconvenience with which people who truly have these conditions live is highly sorrowful.