3.5 stars

Review

*Trigger warnings for suicide, mental health issues, strong language*

"I watch the back of him.  He's so alone.  A star falling from the sky without a single planet to catch him.  I start to wonder if it might not be so bad to fall right along with him."
I'll start off with saying that Six Goodbyes isn't an easy read - it's complex, hard hitting and thought provoking, and at times difficult to swallow.  This YA contemporary keeps an even pace throughout, with mostly alternating pov's from the mc's Naima and Dew.  Both have suffered unthinkable loses, and you would think that this would pull them together, but when Naima is involved, nothing goes quite to Dew's plan...It definitely isn't a love story kind of book, so you're in the wrong book if that's what you're looking for. 

I much preferred Dew as a character, though I felt that the focus was definitely more on Naima.  I found her quite a hard character to like, I did eventually warm to her, but it did take me a while.  I wanted to pick Dew up and put him in my pocket to keep him safe, in the words of Big Foot, he is a mini-muffin and must be protected at all costs, I loved how quirky he was.

I absolutely loved some of the side characters too - Violet, Big Foot and Faith especially - they really cracked me up and added some much needed humour into the book.

I did feel that the book explored Naima's grief, GAD, OCD and PTSD well, and you could really tell that the author knows her stuff, and really looked into these issues.

I will say is that I found the book quite difficult to differentiate between Naima and Dew's pov's at times; possibly just due to the eARC being an uncorrected proof; so I'll definitely try to keep an eye out for a physical copy when it's released as I'd like to see if it makes more sense on paper as opposed to on screen.

Thanks to Sarah at St Martin's Press for arranging for me to be a part of this blog tour, and providing me with a free eARC in exchange for an honest review.