This honestly felt like a first draft. It had a good premise and I did enjoy the beginning, but it never seemed to go anywhere. The pacing was off. It went from a really slow first 3/4 where nothing much happened and then the last quarter it all got wrapped up quick as anything. There wasn't much character development or even chemistry between Ambrose and Louna. Toward the end I started legitimately questioning if this was actually a romance novel. And there was so much instalove. So much. Everywhere.

There were also little inconsistencies throughout that bugged me to no end. In one chapter she would say she skipped school after first period the day Ethan was killed, but in another she took her Spanish quiz first period and then went to art history before leaving. Inconsequential things, but they really bothered me.

I really wanted to like this because I love Sarah Dessen, but to me this seemed like a significant drop in quality. The premise and characters were good and I did thoroughly enjoy the beginning, but it felt like a first draft that needed to go through a few more revisions before publishing.