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Entropy

by Jennifer Hartmann

What it's about

This story explores the messy recovery process after deep emotional trauma and abandonment. It follows characters who must reconcile their past heartbreaks with the terrifying prospect of opening up to someone new, ultimately arguing that finding peace requires embracing the inevitable disorder of life.

Key ideas

  • Embracing disorder: Chaos is an unavoidable part of human existence, and accepting this instability is the only way to find genuine internal stillness.
  • Healing is non-linear: Losing parts of yourself does not mean you are permanently damaged or beyond repair.
  • The courage of vulnerability: Choosing to love again after being hurt is a massive risk, but it is necessary to move past the paralysis of fear.
  • Breaking parental influence: Adults must learn to reclaim their identities from the expectations and molds forced upon them by their parents.

You'll love this book if...

  • You enjoy emotional contemporary romance that focuses on internal healing and character growth.
  • You're looking for a story that validates the difficulty of moving on after being abandoned or betrayed.

Best for

Readers who appreciate raw, character-driven romances about overcoming past trauma.

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“Sometimes you gotta embrace the chaos in your life in order to find the peace in it, ya know?”
“Maybe fighting for your life with someone is the most intimate thing in this world.”
“Entropy signifies a state of disorder or chaos. A measure of uncertainty.”
“It feels like she’s always been here, her scent on my pillow and her voice lingering in these hollow hallways.”
“Embrace the chaos.”
“So, you fed me fairytales.” I swallow down the hurt, hating that it hurts. He’s right, in a way—it did help. It filled me with hope. Something to look forward to.”
“Like recognizes like. We beat against that current, waiting for the riptide to drag us under.”
“Indie left my cabin with acceptance in her eyes and closure in her heart—closure that we were over. And here I am, standing in her living room, giving her hope that maybe we’re only just beginning.”
“I’ve always been the avoidant type, resistant to conflict and confrontation,”
“We all want to be heard. Seen and appreciated.”
“I hug myself against a chill. How did I get to a place where I allowed myself moon over a man who wasn’t feeling the same things I was feeling?”
“My heart, my stupid heart, starts thumping in my chest.”
“Maybe it’s simply the fact that after only three hundred or so seconds, circumstances have bound us together with more intimacy than any length marriage could achieve.”
“Emerald and indigo swim together as one, drenching me in clarity.”
“Waking up entwined with another human being is something that feels almost… like a promise. Hopeful. It’s like that first hint of daybreak when morning blush swallows the sky and paints the treetops, filling me with the possibility of a new beginning.”
“I got some things off my chest, and he explained his reasons, kind of, and now we’re just… done.”
“Endings are hard.”
“Just because a few pages are lost, doesn’t mean the words cease to exist.”
“Life isn’t for the faint of heart. It can’t be lived without risk.”
“Just because some of my pieces are lost, doesn’t mean I’m beyond repair.”
“I’m realizing we’re surrounded by a million good reasons to do everything we want.”
“Parents can be a real pain in the ass, you know? It shouldn’t matter what they think, but they have this way of molding you. Shaping your future, your whole goddamn identity, and it’s utter bullshit. They shouldn’t hold that much power.”
“We must all choose the things we love, the dreams that choose us.”
“the thing I don’t give myself time to think about… is that I miss him. I miss him in the unhealthiest, most obsessed of ways.”
“it’s that I’m too fragile for putting my heart out there to be trampled on over and over again.”
“Well, you wear your hangover as well as you wear your coffee stains.” “Homeless and inept?”
“Panic roars through me at the thought of leaving the house, of even placing one foot over the threshold. It’s stupid, I know. But things happen all the time—crazy, unpredictable, awful things. We’re living proof.”
“I want to know why he said the things he did, made me feel the way I did, and then abandoned me.”

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