Four months later, Emmy's junior year is starting, Joey is home from rehab, and the entire town of Mill Haven is still reeling from the accident. Everyone's telling Emmy who she is, but so much has changed, how can she be the same person? Or was she ever that person at all?Mill Haven wants everyone to live one story, but Emmy's beginning to see that people are more than they appear. Her brother, who might not be cured, the popular guy who lives next door, and most of all, many ghostie addicts who haunt the edges of the town. People spend so much time telling her who she is--it might be time to decide for herself.
I was browsing a book store and as soon as I saw the name Kathleen Glasgow I knew I had to buy this book! I read her other YA novel How to Make Friends with the Dark which I found so raw and beautiful, so I was so excited to read this book! This book was full of imperfect and complex characters and the authors descriptions make them seem so real. You can feel the weight of the characters emotions and decisions through the words which made the book all the more powerful.
It definitely felt different to the typical YA genre which I greatly appreciated. This book is heartbreaking and scary because even though it is 'fiction', the issues and themes are so devastatingly real in society today. It opened my eyes, and made me look at so many things in different ways. I could not put this book down, and I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a powerful, thought-provoking and heartfelt read.
“We could all probably be a little more benevolent in life. We all live here, after all. We all share the same mighty good company of the stars at night, and everyone deserves kindness, and survival. Everyone deserves to be seen.”
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