I really loved the main idea of this story. That Maddie can see death dates. What a crazy ability to have. I could totally understand her struggle between trying to tell people so they had time to do the things they wanted to do before they died versus not telling them because they get upset, don't believe her, or react badly. Maddie had had it rough since she had predicted her dad's death date at an early age in a childhood drawing. After his passing she blames herself for not trying to save him. Her mom has turned to alcohol and she is an outcast. Maddie isn't sure if the death dates can ever change since she has never seen it happen. 
 For extra money she reads dates and when a client finds out her son only has a week left things go bad quick. The client then accuses Maddie of doing something to him and she is under the watchful eye of the FBI as more and more kids show up dead. I was really enthralled during the first half of the book but the middle then really dragged for me. It focused more on her problems with her mom and got a bit boring for me. I really wanted to get back to the mystery. I've loved Victoria Laurie's adult mysteries so I was looking forward to lots of twists and turns and shocks that didn't fully come. 
 The mystery wasn't fully up to my expectations but I did still go through accusing all the characters and the author lead us to believe it could really be any one of them. It was slightly unexpected but I was just hoping for a bit more of a shocker I guess. I loved Maddie's friendship with her loyal friend Stubby but was disappointed by the lack of romance. There is a love interest and things end hopeful but not much swoon and romance in the book. For those that prefer more focus on the story and mystery this won't be a problem but I just happen to love my romance so I missed it. This seemed to be a stand alone and ended things nicely with everything wrapped up and lots of hopeful sparks. 
 *I borrowed an ARC copy and this in no way affects my review*