This is VERY hard to rate. On one hand, the writing. Ugh it's like poetry in novel-form. I was hooked from the first paragraph. And Hoover leaves the reader with so, so many questions that it's impossible to stop reading because you NEED to find out. Auburn and Owen are both intense people who are trying to get through their lives and their characters are incredibly relateable. Owen makes a lost young woman feel beautiful and whole again, while Auburn is the girl that Owen thought he would never see again. Ugh there are so many loose ends in the story and they all get tied up so well. 
 It's just not perfect. It may be because it is really too perfect to be real life. Both Owen and Auburn face their own set of challenges that melt away once they accept their love for each other and that's just not how it works. But in a story? It's beautiful. 
 And THE ART. OMFG, the art is incredible and beautiful and I had to look at the art on my computer because my Kindle only displays black and white. But holy crap, even on my Kindle, it's absolutely gorgeous. I am incredibly impressed that Hoover found real art to put into the novel because it just accentuates the story and brings the emotion to an amazing height. 
 I love love love this book. 
 Note: this was a less than 24 hour read.