A Sky Full of Secrets by Briana Pacheco

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Synopsis: 
Months after getting kicked out of college my senior year, I made a split decision and moved in with my best friend and his roommate, Nix.

I never thought I'd try the whole 'friends with benefits' thing with Phoenix, but he didn't seem to mind when I offered up the idea.

We promised no feelings would get involved.

We lied to each other, to ourselves.

In his eyes, I wasn't just the deaf girl or the family burden. I was beautiful and smart and a bit crazy with some anger issues which he overlooked because to him, I was normal.

We were never supposed to be more, but you can't fight that pull when the stars align.

We are fire and water.

Stars and the moon.

Phoenix and Luna.

This is the story of how a man who loves everything showed a girl how to love herself.
  

I feel that I should start off by saying that my first taste of reading a book that had a deaf main character in it was Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover and I loved that! I feel that this book is just as good as that one but in a different way. I believe that this book talks about a difficult subject matter that includes the treatment of people with a disability. 

The author delves into what makes Luna, the main character, tick. Her life has not been one filled with sunshine and roses. She has been ostracized by the majority of the people around her including her own family because she became deaf when she was a young girl. I hated how she was treated and could not for the life of me figure out why people would be so cruel to such a wonderful person. I was able to connect with Luna because I think we all know what it feels like to feel alone but also yearn for love. Luna was amazing to me! I don't know if I could have gotten through half the things I did in my life without my family. She got through so many things on her own...the fact that people were so cruel over something she couldn't control...argh!

This book really makes the reader think about the weight that words hold for the people that we say them to as well as the beauty of silence. Luna is able to affect the other characters in the book for the better when she is not even speaking.

I loved Phoenix as well! He has similar qualities to other male leads from other books that I have read but he is also very different in that he is a hopeless romantic. I enjoyed how that was explored throughout the book. It created an interesting dynamic in his relationship with Luna. I loved how sensitive he was because I feel that we don't see that side of men very often in books.

This was a beautifully told story about the damage that can be done when those around us are cruel and unsupportive but also the love of good people that can heal that damage and fill the holes that are left behind. I believe that it is also a story about gathering the strength and confidence to love yourself because every person has worth.