WOW. This book is heavy. Like, in a lot of ways. Emotionally, most of all. After most of her face is destroyed in an electrical fire, Maisie has a face transplant. She gets a new nose, cheeks, and chin from an anonymous donor. Now, at sixteen, she has to learn what it means to her and those around her that she has a new face, countless scars, and seemingly a new personality. She's not the "old Maisie" anymore, and she probably never will be again. There were several instances when I put this book down because I was cringing, or I needed a break from the intensity, but I never actually wanted to stop reading. Maisie feels things incredibly deeply, and even when what she's feeling seems cliched or just plain WRONG, it's hard to argue that I wouldn't be feeling the same exact thing in her shoes. What she goes through in this book is something that I could never imagine, but Alyssa Sheinmel (whom I met at NEIBA '15 and is an incredibly warm, funny, lovely person) does a perfect job of pulling you into Maisie's head so that you can kind of sort of understand what it might be like to go through something as emotionally and physically difficult as a face transplant. To look in the mirror and not recognize yourself. To be self conscious of the scars and feel like a monster. This book was heavy. But I loved it.