One of those books you devour in a single sitting and then when you put it down it feels a bit like being hit by a brick wall - all you can do is stare at the back cover and think "what the hell just happened?" It's a quick read, not just because it's not a very long book but because it sucks you in and you have no choice but to keep turning the pages. Despite that, it's one that will linger long after you close the final page. 
 I can't say much about it without giving away the plot, and trust me, you need to go into this without knowing what's going to happen. It's about a girl - Cadence - who has lost large segments of her memory since an accident on her family's private island two summers ago. The story unfolds both in the present and in that summer, as the truth is peeled back layer by layer to reveal what was hidden under the family's perfect facade. 
 It's gripping, and compelling, and shocking. The writing style is very different, with both short, choppy fragments of sentences and paragraphs and freakishly vivid descriptions of pain and feelings, portraying them as real physical incidents - this was very confusing the first time it happened and I wasn't sure I was going to like it. The first incident had Cadence describing an emotional trauma as if she had actually been shot and was bleeding all over her garden - and my initial reaction was to wonder if the author had done it simply to shock the readers and then take it back (haha, fooled you). But actually, once I realised how the description was working, I found I fell very easily into Cadence's voice. I think people would either love or hate the writing style - personally I found sharp and vivid and oddly beautiful, conveying the brokenness of the main character. 
 I didn't see the ending coming, and it was so damn powerful. In fact, it left me emotionally wrecked. 
 In summary: Just read it.