Actual rating: 4.5 
 First line: "When I hear Bea chant the words, it was as if little insects were crawling in under my spine, ready to change it." 
 I'm sitting in my room, writing this, while still mostly in a haze after finishing The Accident Season. After taking what seemed like forever to read the first half, I was absolutely enraptured by the last 150 pages. Nothing could tear my gaze away from the events happening in this book. It seriously surprised me, because at the beginning, I kept thinking that I just wasn't liking this and I had no reason why people were rating it pretty highly. 
 But I'm in love. With the writing, with the characters, with the story that kept me guessing and making my heart ache with joy and sorrow. Cara, Sam, Alice, and Bea are squad goals. I love how they grew and changed, but their love for each other was never overshadowed by the really serious shit they were going through. 
 I would LOVELOVELOVE to see the ghost house Halloween party played out on a screen because it was just so enthralling to read. Simply magical.