*Update* 4.5 stars 
 What an awesome book! This has been on my "to be read" list for awhile, but when I found it at a local department store for $3, it was a no-brainer to pick it up. I read it relatively quickly, it is after all a pretty short book, I just had a hard time putting it down. I was not sure, at first about the premise of the story: 17 year old Mia and her parents and little brother are in a very serious car accident, her parents are killed immediately and her brother is in grave condition, as is Mia. The story is told from Mia's perspective, while she hovers over her own body, broken, battered and fitting for survival. She must make the decision whether to stay - as an orphan - or succomb to her injuries and join her parents in death. 
 Told in flashbacks, Mia's story of her life with her family, her best friend, Kim and her boyfriend, Adam, is so rich, interesting, beautiful. There is so much love in this girl's life that her struggle with her choice is understandable, knowing that her parents are gone. 
 This book was a surprise to me, how much I loved it. It was sad and heart wrenching and made me cry, but it was also a beautiful story about the richness of life, the experience of love, and the knowledge that there is so much more to come in life. I said it earlier, but I am really glad I read this and cannot wait to read the sequel, which as I understand it is told from Adam's perspective. 
 Full review to come soon, but this book was beautiful, sad, heart wrenching, made me cry(which is one reason I couldn't give it any less than 4 stars). So glad I read this!