I picked this book up on a Tuesday, and could barely put it down. It was really good. Reading about a girl who used her camera to help her deal with her shyness and awkwardness in public was very unique, but made a lot of sense. I enjoyed the relationship Maya had with her parents, as well as her aunt. The small town she lived in was probably pretty accurate for how things can be. For a while I was mad at Maya for giving up what probably was the perfect guy for one that would only cause her heartache, but in the end it worked out. And while the way even that went when it was time for college was a little heartbreaking, it was realistic, and I liked it. The way her time in the city was portrayed at the end was also fun, especially when I knew the places she was talking about.

The short little fillers in between Maya's chapters, telling about the person that would cause so many bad things to happen to people as well as to Maya's family indirectly were very eye-opening, and again heart-breaking. They turned out different than a reader might have assumed from reading the book, and in the end there was even the sympathy you couldn't help but feel a tiny bit for that person who caused all the death and terror.

This is a DEFINITE purchase for my school library.