I'm finding this very hard to review. The writing was brilliant. Divine, even. But there was something about the story that never sat right. 
 The story opens on Andi, broken by her brother's death. In fact, her whole family is broken, with very little hope of repair. Andi is medicating, both with the doctor prescribed anti-depressants as well as a few recreational drugs. She failing school, and she has alienated herself from almost all of her friends. She's thinking about giving up. 
 When her father drags her to Paris, Andi's only ambition is to get home. When she stumbled onto an 18th century diary, she is drawn into a life, long ago lived, which seemingly parallels her own. 
 Up to this point, I really enjoyed the story. And although the diary contained a story which I found equally interesting, it never seemed to mesh well with the present day. When time travel was introduced, it seemed that the book had leached into a different genre. If left me feeling off kilter. 
 Despite the difficulty of losing my balance, it was well written, and extraordinarily well researched! Enjoy!