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 I had this book on my TBR for quite a while, and in December, I found it on Book Outlet for an excellent price and decided to purchase myself a copy. It sat on my shelf for about eight months before I finally had the time to read it, but I am so, so, so glad that I finally did! 
 I heard really great things about this book, and everyone who read it seemed to be very pleased, so I had pretty high expectations. I am delighted to say that this book absolutely met my expectations! 
 I was amazed by the character development in the story! Every single character, even the super minor ones, was excellently developed. 
 My favourite character was probably Seth, even though he didn't play a very large role in the story. What we did see was funny, charming, and sweet, and I really wish we got to see more of him! I will admit that when we were first introduced to him when he told Lex and Sadie that ghost story, it is that gave me that I thought that he would become the love interest. I'm clueless as to what gave me that idea, but I just had this feeling and I was super excited! They could bond of his father's death and Ty's suicide. They would be each others' shoulder to cry on - it would have been beautiful! As much as I did like Steven, I feel like Seth would have been great with Alexis (even though I am basing this on the couple of very brief scenes that he was in, but hey, I take what I can get). 
 The theme of suicide has seemingly become very popular in YA over the last few years, but this book was really different from all of the other ones that I've read or heard about. It's difficult to put my finger on exactly what it is that makes it so different, but there's something about it that makes it stick out from the rest. I just can't place what it is. 
 Though I did really like the overall plot, I was left a tiny bit confused about a couple of things. (view spoiler)[ If Tyler's ghost/spirit wasn't really there, how did the light in the playhouse turn on? I don't really understand how it could magically do that all by itself, and it was a little too coincidental that it just happened to turn on and lead her to the missing photos. Also, how come the empty picture frames on the wall kept falling? And if the pictures were missing since before Ty committed suicide, why is it that neither Alexis nor her mother noticed the missing photographs until months later? Those things just didn't add up to me once it was confirmed that there was no ghost or spirit. (hide spoiler)] 
 I was really pleased with the pacing of the story. I was quickly immersed in the story and never wanted to put the book down! It had a nice flow, and the slight mystery aspect of the plot kept me very interested and entertained. 
 I also will admit that I was a little disappointed that as heartbreakingly sad as it was, I didn't get the big waterfall of tears that it seemed everybody else did. I was sad, but I didn't shed a single tear. However, I am not normally a book crier, and it normally takes something huge to make me cry (which is bizarre considering I cry about just about everything else under the sun) so my lack of tears wasn't exactly a surprise. I just would have liked to have gotten a little more emotion evoked from me. 
 (view spoiler)[ Finding out that the author's own brother committed suicide at the end of the book made this story even more heartbreaking. Knowing that the book was, in a way, inspired by her own life puts so much more meaning into everything, and I'm really glad that I didn't know that until I finished the entire book, which is why I made this a spoiler (even though it isn't). (hide spoiler)] 
 When I looked at the cover prior to reading the book, it was kind of just "meh". Not bad, but nothing special either, a little boring maybe. However, after reading the book, I see the cover in an entirely different light and I have fallen in love with it. It's haunting and beautiful and fits the story brilliantly! Strange how much your perspective change, isn't it? 
 I am very much looking forward to reading more of Cynthia Hand's work in the future! I have heard nothing but wonderful things about her other books and I can't wait to read them for myself.