Do yourself a favor if you're curious about this book: Read the first part of the summary below the title above, but DO NOT click on the word "more" to see how the blurb ends. It ruins it. Like, terribly. 
 It was somehow very compelling though. I did this one as an audio book and admit that I was sneaking bits of it during the day on my phone, the volume down low. "Who are you talking to?" my three-year-old kept asking. Umm... 
 But toward the end, I just wanted to get it done. It's not the most satisfying sort of suspense.(view spoiler)[ 
 Cadence: Why won't you tell me what's going on?? 
 Other Character: Because it's a secret and we're not supposed to tell you. 
 Cadence: But I can handle it! Why won't anyone tell me? 
 Other Character: Because a standard novel is 80,000 words and we still have a while before we hit that. Also, it's a secret. (hide spoiler)] 
 Also, I think much like with Before I Go To Sleep, if you've read a lot, there's not much new here. I think if I were a younger reader and had never encountered this sort of book before, my mind might have been blown. (view spoiler)[Certainly, part of why I kept reading was that I was really hoping for some additional twist. Some new layer to the Dead the Whole Time formula. (hide spoiler)] Alas. As it was, it all played out predictably and I didn't find the characters sympathetic. (view spoiler)[I'm tempted to dock it another star because, seriously... burning down a house? How detached from the world do you have to really be to do something like that? I couldn't cry for any of them. (hide spoiler)] Not a terrible book, but it felt like a missed opportunity.