music that inspired and/or were incorporated into the book. enjoy 💕

"Time after time

I tell myself that I'm

So lucky to be loving you"

"Love me tender, love me dear

Tell me you are mine

I'll be yours through all the years

'Til the end of time"

"People say that love's a game

A game you just can't win

If there's a way

I'll find it someday"

"And they called it puppy love

Just because we're, we're seventeen

Tell them all it...

Please tell them it isn't fair

To take away my only dream"

"For you are mine...at last"

"Like a river flows surely to the sea

Darling so it goes

some things are meant to be"

*says "My girl" x 24*

"Free, on my own is the way I used to be

Ah, but since I met you baby, love's got a hold on me"

"Cause lovin' you is easy cause you're beautiful

And every day of my life is filled with lovin' you"

"You are one of the few things worth remembering

And since it's all true

How could anyone mean more to me

Than you"

"I, I'm so in love with you

Whatever you want to do is alright with me

'Cause you make me feel so brand new

And I want to spend my life with you"

"Is this love that I'm feeling,

Is this the love, that I've been searching for

Is this love or am I dreaming,

This must be love,

'Cos it's really got a hold on me,

A hold on me..."

"Cause I feel so secure when we're together

You give my life direction

You make everything so clear"

"Falling in love is so bittersweet

This love is strong, why do I feel weak?"

"Can anybody find me...

somebody to...

love?"

"I know you once said to me

"This is exactly how it should feel when it's meant to be"

Time is only wasting so why wait for eventually?

If we gon' do something 'bout it

We should do it right now"

"It don't matter because it's enough

To be young and in love"

"It hit me like a tidal wave

Knew that I was in love with you right away, yeah

Turned all my days into brighter days

Even when people say what we do is not okay"

"Everybody's tellin' me I've been changin'

'Cause I ain't ever been in love before

But we know what it is

And I believe you're what I've been missing"

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Oh my god I️ encourage everyone to listen to the songs on this list if you already haven't! Wonderful gems for real!

And I️ know, I️ know what you're about to ask. "Maxine.....where the FUCK is the 90's?"

Well, the thing is....I️ ain't write about the 90's yet. So idk the vibes yet, you feel? So that means idk what songs are gonna be used for the portion of the book yet. I mean, i kinda know the vibes. Not really though. But to let y'all in on a lil sneak peek or whatevaaa, I️ already got two songs picked out (*whispers* one of them...is a Selena song).

Honestly a LOT more songs were listened to during the making of this book I️ wanted to keep it real short.