Not what I expected. 
 I read this book with the thought that maybe, just maybe, it would break my not-so-good-books streak. But no, it didn't and I'm sad about that. 
 At first, I wasn't too bothered by Sara's obsession with Tyler. However, as the story progressed, I found out that not only did Tyler have a family, he's also twice Sara's age and that turned me off big time. Honestly, if you ask me what i thought the mystery was when I read this book's blurb, I'd say that I thought Dale is Tyler. I though he was just pretending or something. As it turns out, the plot runs deeper than that. I was taken aback, but I still read it. I had hoped that this will be sweet... but it's not. It's just a whirlwind of events and problems that I couldn't keep up. Even their intimate scenes felt hurried. 
 Dale is also a contradiction. He wanted to slow down, but he's also very intense. He wanted honesty when he also was so very full of shit. I already figured out he story behind his dad, so no surprise there. 
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 I felt as if I didn't really know much about both characters, well, at least not until the end. I mean, the mysteries were all revealed, but I don't see any difference. I mean, ot was just all laid there leaving me as a reader with nothing to chew on. It just... lacked some things. For example, it was said that Sara was raped... ummm so? what happened, really? There was a short explanation.. like a few sentences for what happened, but that wasn't enough for me. It's definitely a crucial issue for me. Then there was also a matter of both Dale and his sister being Tyler's kids and John (their dad) not knowing about it. Wuuuuuttt? How could he not know when from start to finish of this book, they have been going about how Dale is the spitting image of Tyler. That's just sooooo hmm.. dense of him. 
 Tye one thing at bothered me most is how Sara and her mom hid how abusive the stepdad was. I mean, Sara was 19... there could've been lots of chances to call for help since obviously, she knows 911 because when the stepdad was pummeling Dale and her, she was shouting at her mom to call the darn number. If it crossed her mind then, why not in the past too when she was being raped, or even after that or I don't know... maybe instead of papering her walls with Tyler's pictures, she could've instead wrote a letter or better yet, called child services or the authorities. I know I'm just ranting now. I am just soooo frustrated with Sara's personality. She's trying hard to look like a badass girl, but she cowers when it comes to her stepdad, it's ughhhhh... FRUSTRATING. 
 So there.., that's my whole experience reading this. :/