Source: egalley approved from Atria books via Netgalley (Thank you!) 
 Initial Impressions 11/30/12: Love love love love. 
 These characters are so beautifully heartbreaking. I was totally engulfed in the story, feeling what they felt, my heart breaking right along with them. The writing was beautiful and eloquent yet not overly flowery so that every single part of the story felt so incredibly real. 
 I will say that I was definitely enjoying it but not completely sold on the 5 star rating until the last quarter of the book and then all of the pieces came together perfectly. I witnessed some real flaws and incredibly impossible situations and I felt everything all at once. 
 I'd definitely recommend it to anyone. In fact, I may force it on people. It's that amazing. 
 Full review originally posted HERE on The Book Addict's Guide: Wow. Just wow. I don't even know how to start a review for this book because it totally blew me away. Before I first started, I wasn't really sure what I was getting myself into and I was a little unsure about the book. Yeah, that was totally wrong. I started reading and was immediately intrigued by Nastya's story. She's starting a new school in a new city with her aunt after what we know has been a tragic incident for her, but it takes Natsya a while to reveal to reader exactly what that was. I liked that we weren't given the whole story right away because I was so curious to see what had happened to her, what had caused her to shut down, what had taken all the joy out of her life. 
 The character development is amazing. If I didn't know this was a work of fiction, I would have believed that these were real stories of real people. The amount of emotion that you feel from them is incredible and everything about the book just felt so real. As their hearts were breaking, my heart broke too. When they felt joy, I was excited for them! It was so great to see these characters evolve over the length of the novel and to really see how their interactions affected the course of their decisions and at the same time, how they struggled to prevent those feelings from affecting their decisions. 
 The relationship that develops between Nastya and Josh just felt like it flowed so naturally. I guess normally you wouldn't expect two people so affected by tragedy to be the ideal people to fall in love, but then again, it makes perfect sense. They have an understanding right off the bat and when Nastya needs someone who won't ask questions, Josh is the perfect person to spend her time with because he's tired of questions himself. I loved that you could see the trust building between them, the relationship slowly developing instead of jumping into things all at once. It made me fall in love with the characters as they were falling in love with each other. 
 Really, I could go on and on about what I loved about this book, but I don't feel like talking about it will do it justice, in all honesty. It's an experience that each reader needs to go through, to feel all the emotions as they figure out the book for themselves. I'd honestly recommend it to anyone (and I've already tried to force a few of my friends to stop reading what they're in the middle of to get a copy of this book and read it). It's quite the emotional roller coaster and there are some really painfully realistic scenes that the reader witnesses, but it's such an amazing journey. THE SEA OF TRANQUILITY is something that you need to feel your way through, and you will do just that. So go read it!