Review: Review by Patricia's Particularity
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 5, 2012
Natalie doesn't have much experiences with boys, if any.  Then she meets Todd on a summer family vacation and grows more than she thought she ever would.  In their first meeting she learns that Todd has cancer.  Todd is unique from the very start.  He is very open and doesn't hold back. In a way Natalie's and Todd's meeting is perfect timing for each one of them, for many different reasons.  Their relationship travels through many emotional roller coasters, all of which make this novel amazing.Beware you will have shed tears.  It is hard not cry while reading this novel.  Our teens today go through many emotions and Julie Duck includes many of these different emotions beautifully.  I wish this novel was around when I was a teen.  Natalie is on the verge of becoming a woman, and not just in the physical and sexual way, but emotionally as well.I did feel that the novel started too quickly.  Within the first chapter not only do Natalie and Todd meat but Todd tells her he has cancer.  I would have liked to see a bit more character development for Natalie.  However, that being said after reading it all I can understand why it started as quickly as it did - Todd's character lived life to the fullest, without wasting time.  In the end I came away from this novel emotionally drained and moved, all in the best ways.