3/5 Stars

Twins Iris and Ivy have lost their mother to a tragic running accident. Now life has drastically changed for the both of them. Ivy lived with their father. Iris lived with their mother. Now Iris is joining her father and her semi-estranged sister and starting a new life at a new school. The only problem is, her new life is starting to look a lot like the life Ivy already had, or at least the life she had before Iris showed up and started turning everyone against her. What on earth is Iris up to?

Reviews on this book seem to be either overwhelmingly positive or overwhelmingly negative. I can definitely see both sides of these arguments.

Cons:
- The writing leaves a lot to be desired. Sometimes this book reads like something a middle school student might have written. The dialogue isn't exactly realistic and the descriptions can be simplistic. The teenagers don't always sound like teenagers.
- The chapters all tend to end the same way - with ridiculous questions. Nothing is subtle here. Nearly every chapter ends with "But why did Iris have to hang out with my friends?" or a simple "Why?".
- Ivy is a flat character. And so is everyone else.
- Everyone is stupid. Literally everyone. Ivy is supposed to be this smart, over-achieving, straight-A student, but she takes forever to put things together. Her friends are even worse. They are not great people or even good friends. Her boyfriend is over-dramatic and not interesting. Ivy and Iris's father doesn't see anything that's plainly apparent. Also, the parents apparently NEVER communicated about their children or this whole book wouldn't have happened.

Pros:
- I haven't seen another YA book with an ending like this, so students will definitely find that interesting and excitable.
- I enjoyed reading the last half of the book once I got used to the writing and accepted that the characters were complete stereotypes.
- I enjoyed only having one narrator. The trend in YA novels is to alternate POV chapters and it's refreshing to just have one head to be inside and understand.


Overall, I didn't find the book to be horrible and I didn't find it to be amazing. It was "meh" for me, but since I liked reading the last half of it, I've upped my review to three stars.

** For parents and teachers, this book is decently clean. There is a little bit of heavy kissing, but nothing beyond that. There are a few curse words, but with what Ivy goes through, it's to be expected. For a thriller, it's pretty clean.**

** Special thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an eARC of this book. in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. **