I received an eARC of this book from the author. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of this review.

As I sit down to write the review for Inseparable, my heart aches. Siobhan Davis has delivered a powerful, emotionally stirring novel about the bonds of friendship, trials of adolescence, and the heartbreak of true grief. I was overcome many times during the reading of this book and had to set it down and simply have a good cry. Devin, Angelina, and Ayden are wonderfully written, fully fleshed out, and came to life as I read. When I read the prologue, my first thought was “This book is going to destroy me,” and it did.

The majority of Inseparable is told from Angelina’s perspective so let’s start with her. Angelina is a determined, young woman with a bright future ahead of her. She knows exactly what she wants out of life and she has it all planned out. I found myself identifying with her as she reminded me a lot of myself at that age, friendly to everyone but only two or three really close friends. Yet she struggled with feelings she had developed for one of her best friends. It’s something I’ve heard a lot growing up that guys and girls can’t be friends because inevitably one of you will develop feelings towards the other. That is exactly what has happened here, and the author fleshes it out beautifully, showing the angst and division that derives from it.

The story also follows Angelina’s neighbors and two best friends: Devin and Ayden. I could easily sum these two boys up as the bad boy and the good boy, the Pacey and the Dawson if you will to Angelina’s Joey (Yes I totally am referencing Dawson’s Creek and showing my age), but they are so much more than that. When the story opens, it is clear to the reader, if not entirely clear to Angelina, that Devin is spiraling. He’s in a really bad place and truly lost. My heart broke for this boy who wasn’t quite a man yet and everything that was happening to him that Angelina couldn’t see through her own heartbreak. Then there’s Ayden, the golden boy, town football star with his entire life mapped out for him. He is seemingly in love with Angelina, yet waiting in the wings for her to notice. Yet when their dynamic changes, so does he and the spiraling we saw in Devin begins in Ayden and Angelina is helpless to stop it.

There are so many things I want to discuss about this book but I can’t for fear of spoiling it. Every moment, every word needs to be read and savored and mulled over because it is so important. Siobhan Davis is the queen when it comes to foreshadowing! As I sit reflecting over moments in the book, things that caught my attention but I didn’t think was important at the time are big red flags screaming “Warning!” at me now that I know the ending. To be honest, I had predicted what would happen (thanks to the amazing foreshadowing!) so I wasn’t surprised but it still broke me. The brutal emotions and vivid imagery of what the characters were thinking and feeling leaked into my own emotions. I felt what they felt and was utterly devastated.

Overall I loved Inseparable! Every moment, every heart ache, every word….I loved it. Angelina and Devin and Ayden will stick around with me for a while. The sad truths, the grief, the unimaginable pain that only those you are closest to can inflict….Siobhan Davis writes it all in beautiful, heart-aching detail. If you enjoy contemporary romance with a lot of angst and drama, I highly recommend you grab this book.