While I enjoyed the completed, whole story itself, I greatly disliked the structure and style in which it got there. This really is 2.5 stars rounded up simply because I thought the story of the resilience and love the family and friends had for each other was commendable and interesting.

The Bennetts and those around them had a story filled with love, grief, forgiveness and determination. And that part I would have liked reading about, had it not felt like the book had ADHD, constantly bouncing between characters, timelines, and back again, unable to just let you get into the story and focus. Just when you think you are moving in a coherent line, able to really grasp the story and the characters, it starts darting all over again to either a different character or a different time, and such short snippets of it in a shot. It was so hard to focus and actually get a picture of what was going on, and was so frustrating. I almost left it, because I lost interest completely not even half way thru it. But again, the story line itself was the only thing keeping me, and needing to review the ARC. I would not have read it if I’d known how unfocused it was. It would have been a terrific story if it was more consistent and stopped the back and forth.

Thanks to Netgalley for the advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.