Two sisters who don’t know each other, living in two different countries, will be reunited under unfortunate events: they look the same, but they couldn’t be more unlike. While discovering the secret lives of their father they were not aware of, they will also come to know each other and learn about their distinct lives, which will ultimately help them understand their father double life between the USA and the Dominican Republic, between them two.

Even if I’m not a big reader of YA, I found this one enjoyable, with a nice rhythm mainly as a result of the alternate point of view between the two sisters and their opposite lives. In addition to this, the author explores some themes such as forgiveness, sisterhood, and grieving graciously, without falling into cliches or extreme oversimplifications, which can sometimes be the case for other authors with a mainly teenager audience.

The only aspect of the book which still has me confused is the form of the novel itself: while I understand Acevedo’s writing has its roots in poetry, I still don’t see why the book was in verses. I’m not a poetry fan, so there’s no doubt this is why I was a little bothered by the form of the novel itself, but I also didn’t find it brought anything to the novel.