Kemmerer is an autobuy author for me and yet again, she did not disappoint! Well done. I would definitely recommend it to readers looking for a hard-hitting contemporary. Overall, I felt this book has a lot to offer and is quite moving. I did like how much their relationship evolved over the course of the story and how they learned to see one another as they are, not how they imagine each other to be. As with many sisters, they certainly were not lacking in the drama department. There was also a strong narrative between Maegan and her sister. We are all human, we all make mistakes and it is okay to let go of that and move forward. I think a lot of us should be reminded of that.īe kind to yourself. The thing that I found most moving was the idea of learning to forgive yourself of not letting one mistake define who you are. There are a lot of hard-hitting topics included in this too. The writing is smooth and highly readable. Rob and Maegan's relationship has its complications but it is also sweet, kind and pure. She puts her characters through hell, but the growth they are able to achieve is truly a beautiful thing. Nobody writes teenage angst quite like Brigid Kemmerer. They begin to confide in one another and discover they have more in common than they ever could have guessed.
They were never friends before their lives fell apart and certainly don't want to be now.īegrudgingly, they begin to meet up to work on their project and pretty quickly learn that you cannot always believe what you hear about people.
When they are paired together for a calculus project, neither Rob nor Maegan are happy about it. Slogging through just focusing on keeping her head down all she wants is to make it through each school day without too much embarrassment. Subsequently, branded a liar and a cheat, Maegan sees her social standing plummet. Feeling pressured to succeed, Maegan cheats while sitting for her SAT, causing consequences for everyone in the room. Maegan, a classic overachiever, has been living in her older sister's shadow for years. He is filled with anger regarding his deteriorated circumstances and begins lashing out at those around him. Everyone in town mistakenly believes that Rob knew.Įven though he interned at his father's office, Rob swears he had no knowledge of the illegal activities.Īs everything is taken from his family, Rob's father attempts suicide, leaving him in a partially vegetative state.Īs if this weren't bad enough, Rob now finds himself a social pariah with zero friends to support him. His father, a local Financial Planner, was caught red-handed swindling from clients. Rob, a once-popular high school lacrosse player, has fallen from grace, but not because of anything HE did.
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