This book was an absolute joy to read. Once I picked it up, I couldn't put it down. And once it was over, I was so sad because I wanted to live in the story for much longer.

I loved everything about this book. The storyline was heartbreaking, but also inspiring and hopeful. The descriptions about Soloman's anxiety were incredibly powerful. The characters were lovable. The family dynamics in the Reed house was absolutely lovely and real. The writing was fantastic. My only irk was that when we first met Lisa, we were told that "Not even an offer from her boyfriend to drive to the coast and watch the sunset could tempt her off schedule" but then later... her boyfriend, Clark, asks her to come over and she responds, "Definitely. I need to study for a calculus test tomorrow, but I'd love an excuse to procrastinate." Just a weird bit that doesn't really match up.

This is another book that everyone should read at least once!

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this book!

**Potential Spoilers**

My favorite lines:
"Sometimes life just hands you the lemonade, straight up in a chilled glass with a little slice of lemon on top."

"This is how it always started. Everything would be fine and then a sudden stinking feeling would come over him, like his chest was going to cave in. He would feel his heart bumping up against his rib cage, wanting out, quickening either every beat and then radiating down his arms and up to his temples. It vibrated him, making everything he saw bounce around like the world was just photographs being flipped in front of him."

"Sometimes that's all you can do when it happens- hold on just long enough for the world to stop shaking. There's a reason people mistake them for heart attacks..."

"Solomon took the Speedo and rubber band-style shot it at his dad, who caught it midair and then held it up to his waist.
'Oh yeah, I'm going to look good in this puppy.'
'Grandma, cancel the pool,' Soloman said."

"'Looks comfortable,' Grandma said. 'Your father broke his tailbone in middle school and had to sit on something very similar. Only smaller of course. You remember that, Jason?'
'I broke my ass, Mom. Of course I remember.'"

"Gossip works that way. It makes fools out of everyone but the source."