Review: A story of finding who you are and where you belong in the hardest of ways
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 1, 2014
Alexandria goes through a whole lot in a pretty short period of time, and it's not like crazy over the top drama that only happens in books with the meanest girl ever written sort of drama. This is a story about a girl who is going through being a teenager and trying to figure out who she is and where she fits in the world, only she gets a little bit distracted and lost. I could very much see this story actually happening in real life.She finds herself being sent off to live with her grandparents when her mother finally can't take it anymore. She has watched her daughter fall further and further down this black hole and she refuses to just let her hit bottom. It is in this summer away from a life that Alexandria thought she was so ready to be a part of that she starts to realize just how much of herself she lost. She realizes that even though she loves Joel, the life that they were living and the path that they were on was not leading to anywhere good. It was a path of destruction and Alexandria doesn't want to follow that path anymore.There is a tragedy in this book that I honestly didn't see coming at all. I was actually a bit confused on where it was going to go because it felt like it was coming to an end but there was still so much book left to read. That's when everything gets shifted around and the story starts to take on a new form. At first I was so sad for Alexandria because I could understand everything that she was feeling and it sucked. Then I was really really mad at her because she made a choice that I didn't want to accept. Then there was a bit of a back and forth situation going on, I have never been a fan of back and forth situations. They bug me, you either do or you don't and it wears on my patients when I run into these types of situations in a book. Especially, when it ends up being the part of the story that is accelerated. So for me personally it was a 3 heart read for this reason, but I am going to let you know that if that sort of thing {the back and forth} doesn't bother you at all then this could easily be a 4 heart read.