How would you feel if your life changed in a heartbeat? Unfortunately, this is what Natalie had to go through. Natalie is a typical teenage girl - she works a job, loves a good time, and can act a little rebellious. When her current school year comes to an end, she is excited to spend another fun, ordinary summer with her friends. Her sister, Claire, on the other hand, has a bit more going on; she has to prepare for college in the coming fall, plus she is having relationship problems with her boyfriend, Joe. One night, Natalie is off to meet up with her friends, while Claire is headed to a party. Seems like an standard evening right? Well it definitely wasn't. When Natalie arrives home, she finds out that her sister was in an accident - she was hit by a car. Natalie is overwhelmed with shock...just hours earlier, she was with her sister goofing around without a care in the world. Now, all she can do is hope that Claire will live to see another day. After all, how could she possibly survive without her beloved sister? This suspenseful, dramatic novel was actually quite good. The author, Marthe Jocelyn, did a wonderful job of creating a scenario that seemed very real - at points, I felt like I was living in the story. Although this book was easy and short (only 165 pages), it didn't lack quality. I think that any teens who are okay with reading moderately sad novels, would enjoy this story. Overall, I enjoyed this novel. At some parts, the story was a little sad, but that only added to my excitement of finding out what would happen. I give this book a full 4 stars. This was a quick book to get through, but sadly, it turned out to be quite disappointing. The summary gave me the impression that this was going to be an emotional and powerful story, but it turned out to be rather "meh" and not as engaging as I had originally hoped.First off, Natalie was not a very interesting character. She doesn't do much during the summer except work as a lifeguard at the local pool and hang out with her best friends. Her older sister, Claire, is leaving to college in several months and Natalie is still trying to adjust to the idea that her sister isn't going to be around. Natalie is such a flat character with little personality though, that I had a hard time liking her. The story is really set on her thoughts only, and her inner turmoil is understandable, but I still couldn't connect with her.Once Claire's accident happens, the story picks up the pace a little, but doesn't make an extraordinary comeback. Natalie learns to deal with things, doesn't seemed too overly sad except for the first scene, and finds herself looking over her parents who are in a zombie-like state of shock. As the story continues while they wait to find out what will happen to Claire, Natalie sort of just goes on with her life, doing her everyday thing and all.I can't really say much else without revealing the ending, so I will leave you letting you know that while there are a few sad moments to this book, it is not overall anything special. I definitely want to try Jocelyn's writing in the future (I have my eyes set on Folly) and hope I like it better.
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I've read this book twice, Its a good YA book. About life and death from the sister's perspective.
—star_girlgirl2017
The book is so sad, I nearly cried when I read to the part that Claire died :(
—cat
