"Funny, hopeful, foulmouthed, sexy, and tear-jerking, this winning romance will captivate teen and adult readers alike." -Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Rowell keeps things surprising, and the solution maintains the novel's delicate balance of light and dark." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"The pure, fear-laced, yet steadily maturing relationship Eleanor and Park develop is urgent and breathtaking and, of course, heartbreaking, too." -Booklist (starred review)
"An honest, heart-wrenching portrayal of imperfect but unforgettable love." -The Horn Book (winner of The Horn Book Award for fiction)
"Rowell's humor, tenderness, and sense of detail are extraordinary." -Curtis Sittenfeld for The New
Yorker
"Eleanor & Park is a breathless, achingly good read about love and outsiders." -Stephanie Perkins, New York Times bestselling author of Anna and the French Kiss and Lola and the Boy Next Door
"Sweet, gritty, and affecting . . . Rainbow Rowell has written an unforgettable story about two misfits in love. This debut will find its way into your heart and stay there." -Courtney Summers, author of This Is Not a Test and Cracked Up to Be
"In her rare and surprising exploration of young misfit love, Rowell shows us the beauty in the broken." -Stewart Lewis, author of You Have Seven Messages
"Eleanor & Park reminded me not just what it's like to be young and in love with a girl, but also what it's like to be young and in love with a book." -John Green, The New York Times Book Review
"Rowell's writing swings from profane to profound, but it's always real and always raw." -Petra Mayer for NPR Books
