2.5 stars 
 Having recently heard a lot of great things about this book, I was pretty excited to read it and moved it to the top of my TBR list. Unfortunately, for me, the book didn't live up to the hype. Having known what to expect from the blurb, I thought that there was a lot of build-up and then when the tragedy finally occurred, it kind of fell flat for me. I guess I was expecting more. I also felt let down by the ending. I think that the book would have worked better for me if the author spent a little less time building up to Jacob's death and in turn gave us a glimpse of Beatrice's life after losing him.