Nova Ren Suma's 17 & GONE was such a unique read. After growing interested in a missing person's case (a seventeen-year-old girl who vanished from a nearby summer camp), Lauren begins having visions of more missing girls. The deeper she digs for clues, the more convoluted the truth becomes. Why are the girls speaking to her? Can she help them? Who is still alive, and...Could Lauren be next? 
 First and foremost, Nova's writing is gorgeous. This book goes down like honey, and the tone is both serene and spine-tingling eerie at once. Lauren's visions are shockingly well realized, and entirely compelling. (While the story unfolds at a steady but rather slow clip, I eagerly kept turning pages.) More than anything, I love an unreliable narrator, and 17 & GONE gives us just that. Lauren is a reliable until she's not, and suddenly the reader is left wondering what is real, what is a lie, what is supernatural, and what is something else. I can't say much else without risking spoilers, but I thought the subject matter was handled deftly, and the final reveal and conclusion, powerful. 
 Originally posted here.