I loved the messages and character development through this book. That was the saving grace of the book. 
 The writing style, on the other hand, was not good. Lots of exclamation marks, choppy sentences, and juvenile sentence construction. I don't want to be told what to feel or what to think about a scene. I want to be shown it through the writing. This book didn't accomplish that at all. The writing style was a huge deterrent in some scenes, and would have knocked this book rating down to one or two stars if the actual plot hadn't been engaging.