"The regret was real," she says with a laugh. But writing a novel set in under 24 hours proved challenging. The novel is set over the course of one day, a timeline that emphasizes Yoon's belief that the universe plays a role in even the most minuscule of matters - every day, every hour, every minute, every second of this story counts. But if Natasha can't find a way to stay in the country, their relationship will come to a tragic, premature halt. The two strike up a tentative friendship that blossoms into a full-blown romance by the end of the day. The two New York City teenagers meet on the most fateful morning of their young lives: Natasha is set to begrudgingly leave the country that evening, unless she can secure a stay of deportation, and Daniel is on his way to a college admissions interview with a Yale alumnus when he runs into her on the street. He's a poet who believes in the Japanese idea of koi no yokan, which loosely translates to "love at second sight." More accurately, it's the idea that you will inevitably fall in love with someone you've just met. Daniel, like Yoon's husband, is the Korean-American son of immigrants. She doesn't believe in fate and she definitely doesn't believe in soulmates. Natasha, like Yoon, is a Jamaican immigrant, but, unlike Yoon, she's a total pragmatist who believes in numbers and science and stars. So I really wanted to capture some of the spirit of our relationship with Daniel and Natasha." I will tell you all about it forever and ever if you let me. "I'm head over heels in love with my husband. "I'm going to tell you that I am just a romantic goober," she tells Bustle.
Nicola Yoon, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything, is definitely that someone. The National Book Award finalist The Sun is Also a Star is a story that could have only been written by a hopeless romantic - someone who believes that the universe can come together in spectacular, unimaginable ways to join two people together.
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