* Disclaimer: I received a copy of this novel from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. *

This one held my attention, but didn't leave me riveted. The character of Lark is extremely well-developed and the structure of the book is comfortable. It moves steadily with some minor bumps and moments of discomfort, but overall just feels like a mellow flow.

It didn't really feel like there were any strong developments and even those things that the author likely intended to be huge and impressive moments in the story just felt like they were meant to happen. This isn't meant to be a detraction from the book in any way, it just didn't feel shocking...it felt like the author know her characters well enough to give them lives that made sense to who they were. That is a good thing.

The story encompasses a large portion of Lark's life in almost a diary style read. Robin is a good supporting character, but doesn't really have the level of development I expected for the overall premise of the book. There is certainly a good window into Robin's life, but it is a more distant revelation and doesn't give as much internal insight. This feels much more clearly to be Lark's story.

The ending is always where I get most critical of books. In this case, it was okay. It didn't fade of into nothingness and it didn't leave me on some random cliffhanger, but there wasn't a drawn out wrap up either. It was a comfortable ending where everyone was moving forward with their lives in a way that just seemed like a natural progression of the story.

A very solid 3-star read.