In an alternate universe where Death-Cast calls to tell you that you'll be dying today, how will you spend your last day?

Before I get into the story, I think I really enjoyed this book because it makes you think. What would you do if you got the call? Would you spend it with your family or would you spend it alone? Would you live in fear or live your last day to the fullest? We might not ever be faced with this in such a short about of time. It reminds me of the Nickelback song 'If Today Was Your Last Day' (that song always gives me feels) when I think about it an I honestly don't know how I would spend my last day; that scares me. I get chills thinking about it now and I think that is the underlying message of this book: live every day to the fullest and embrace who you are because you deserve that.

The book itself was wonderful, I adore the writing style and though I didn't see the necessity of the multiple POVs at the beginning it all comes together as the story moves along. It shows how every one is connected in someway and how our lives can truly affect the ones of others we care for and even strangers we've never spoken to. There's a lot of suspense in this novel and the build up is what makes their deaths all the more painful (that's not a spoiler–it's in the title after all).

Mateo & Rufus are two characters who couldn't be more different in their personalities on the surface; however, as the story goes on they connect and truly become each other's last friend. As I read through the book I was able to have such a clear image of them in my mind, Silvera's writing style has to be one of my favourites. The reader is able be there with Mateo as he comes to discover and accept that new part of him, and as someone who isn't fully sure of their own sexuality I could relate to him in that way. Something I will not just overlook is that Rufus is bisexual, which I know is a wonderful rep in the YA community that lacks it. This novel is filled with diversity, in both ethnicities and in sexualities (Mateo is Puerto Rican and Rufus is Cuban)

Overall this book was amazing, in its ability to draw you in and make you connect with these characters, only to have them taken away. It broke my heart more ways than I thought possible and I certainly cried quite a lot. They Both Die at The End will certainly always have a place in my book loving heart.