On the storyline.... I think what originally grabbed my attention to read this book was the story of lost love. The tragedy that had happened so long ago that Parker seemed obsessed with. The idea was unique to anything that I have read before and it literally gripped my attention from page one. 
 On the characters.... I fell in love with Trevor from the get go. He was swoony and snarky, just how I like my book boyfriends. Parker was basically a good girl and her mother tended to REALLY grate on my nerves. She never let Parker do anything fun or make her own decisions. It makes me wander that if Mom wouldn't have been so over bearing, maybe Parker would have had some fun in high school and not been such a stick in the mud? 
 Kat is Parker's BFF and I tend to usually love the sassy best friend, but....Kat just drove me crazy! I think it's because I had one of these friends once. The ones that were crazy and outrageous trying to get you to do all kinds of whacky stuff. We are no longer friends...as you could probably tell:( I can admit though that in the story, she was good for Parker. 
 On the writing.... Jessi Kirby, need I say more?? I had read In Honor and loved it. I knew that I would love this book just as much as soon as I saw it. The words just flowed together nicely and I really had a hard time putting the book down. If your not familiar with Ms. Kirby's writing, I would compare her writing to Sarah Dessen and Jenny Han. 
 Thanks to Simon & Schuster for the review copy!