I did not feel a strong tie to the main characters, and therefore was not invested in the story. Maybe because this was on audio??? I like Julie Whelan as a narrator, but they way she portrayed Alex's voice didn't do it for me, so that might have played a bit into it. This might have gotten a better rating had I read it. I also thought it would be more about encounters with other people Poppy meet on vacation.

All that being said.. there are good themes in here: being scared of the future, because of your past, being afraid of ruining what is, for what could be.