book review by Kat Kennedy "Their deep love had kindled their love for the entire world and all its people. This love was the noblest of human emotions." In this unique novel, graduate students David and Emily feel an instant connection from their first meeting at the University of Colorado at Boulder. David, the son of Italian and Irish parents, and Chinese student Emily share a sweet and passionate love. "This converging of their souls was sweet and mellow, which made them excited and intoxicated." As they get to know each other, they discover how much they have in common through extended philosophical conversations about a plethora of subjects. The two discuss such ideas as interracial relationships of personal, political, and societal natures.

World’s End and the Sea Angle by Yank Shi is a wholesome, piercing romance novel, which welcomes readers to the glow and flow of love and romance blossoming between two students from two different cultures; A kind and soft-spoken Eastern girl Jin Li, who has quickly fallen in love with a White student in the same university and who openly shares the same feelings as her. A restless David, who is charmed by Li’s beauty and splendor, makes the first move, opening the two to a world no one knew of, with numerous visits and exploration of magnificent sites and environments. Their easy-flowing love story quickly takes a sharp turn when a jealous, drunk, and depressed female student shocks Jin Li with information that she is David’s girlfriend.