Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
If You Like: Teen fiction, drama, stories about dealing with loss and suicide
Similar to: Lifetime movies, Meg Cabot books, Ann Brashares books
Ages: 15-21
Although this book was good, and I really like Courtney Summers's works, this was not one of my favorites. I feel like I should have learned an in depth life lesson, but instead I thought this book only went skin deep.
Eddie's father committed suicide, and no one can explain why. Her mother is too sad to notice that Eddie is really hurting, but her friend Milo has always been there for her, even though he doesn't want to tell her the things he remembers from the night her father committed suicide.
Every day, Eddie goes to the abandoned building where her father committed suicide, searching for answers. While there, Eddie meets a young photographer, Culler, who worked under her father. Eddie is instantly attracted to Culler because he loved her father and his work, and he is the only one who seems to understand what she's going through with wanting answers.
When Eddie picks up the one and only box her dad left in his photography studio, there is nothing but a series of photographs. Disappointed, Eddie gives the box to Culler, who discovers the photographs hold hidden secrets that form a scavenger hunt for Eddie to follow. What will the messages Eddie's father left behind reveal?
The best part of the book was the relationships Eddie had with both Culler and Milo. I kept wondering who she was going to end up with, but I found myself taking a lot of breaks while reading this, and it took me a few months to actually get around to finishing it. I thought I just hadn't been in the mood to read, but the book I'm reading right now captivated my interst right away, and I finished it in just two days. I can only assume this book wasn't for me, but maybe others will think differently.
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