Harper Scott doesn't know what to do or how to feel after her older sister June takes her own life just a week before graduation. All Harper knows is that her parents splitting her ashes is not what June would have wanted. For as long as Harper can remember, June had her heart set on escaping Michigan and going to the West Coast - more specifically, California. With no car, no money and no way her mother and overbearing aunt will let her go, Harper enlists the help of her best friend Laney and the mysterious boy who was somehow connected to June to help her do this one last thing for the sister she loved. 
 I enjoyed this book for many reasons. And the biggest of these was Harper. She's hurting so much and is a little snarky and sarcastic and at times down right rude. But she still loves her sister so much regardless of what happened and she's in pain over her death. Harper doesn't always do the right thing but she's just trying to get along with her life however she can. I really admired her for that. 
 As for Jake? I admit I was willing to write him off as a "hipster music snob with the tastes of a forty-year-old white guy" as Laney puts it. But Jake has more depth than that. He likes all kinds of music - not just the pretentious stuff - and I liked him as a character and loved him as a potential love interest for Harper. 
 Laney was a fantastic sidekick and character in her own right. More complex than first seems but doesn't take the highlight off Harper and her story. 
 I loved the soundtrack to this story and the journeys that the characters took - musically, physically and emotionally. I thought the complicated issues of love, life and death were beautifully handled and I really enjoyed reading this novel.