This is my first Emery Lord book, and I've gotta say, what a place to start. I do think this book is a little longer than it needs to be, as there is a bunch of back and forth in the middle that doesn't really add that much tension to the plot. However, the dual timelines does help in adding suspense in Hannah's journey to unravelling Sophie's death so she can come to terms with it.

The aspects of grief and learning how to move one when someon eyou love dies unexpectedly were the best written parts of this book. As a narrator, Hannah isn't always the most likable, but that's partly because of the grieving process. Hannah goes on quite an emotional journey in this book, and it's one that some teens will relate to.

While we get bits and pieces of Sophie throughout this, I do wish we got to actually see more pieces of her character. We really only get glimpses, and adding more depth to her might have added more depth to the overall story. But outside of that, this is a book that definitely has a strong emotional core.