I enjoyed this book but it didn't end up being quite what I expected it to be. It started off very emotional for me and I loved the atmosphere but it slowly lost its emotion and while I was still interested to see how the story would progress, I didn't feel that extra level of connection to the characters and story that I was hoping for. 

I couldn't connect to Julie at all. I know everyone grieves differently, but some of the things she did after it had only been 2 weeks since her boyfriend of 3 years died just didn't make sense to me. I feel like she was acting as if his death had occurred much longer ago than it really did. Even some of her teachers were acting as if she didn't just experience this huge loss and it just felt a little off.

The things I liked most about this book were the concept and the writing. Also, the ending was very beautiful and definitely made me cry. I liked the way that everything wrapped up and the way that Julie patched up some of the relationships in her life. Overall, although this didn't end up being the new favorite that I hoped it would be, I am definitely interested to read anything Dustin Thao comes out with in the future and I think this was a solid debut!