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Over on Rob's side we have his ex-best friend bullying him and trying to humiliate him in fr I adored this book. So different from what I was expecting. So much more heart. So many emotions that so many people, regardless of being in the same shoes as the characters or not, can some how relate to and I think it is also, one of the reasons, Kemmerer is so good at what she does. You can relate to every aspect of the story without actually having been through any of it. Because regardless of the situation, we've all experienced the emotions. The feelings behind the actions and that is what makes this story, these characters so fabulous and so relatable. The actors acting are also great. I don't know if they are newbies in the industry, but the way they showed their characters is gripping and captivating. I think the director also has a hand on it. I enjoyed some parts of this book but the rest was a bit boring. I probably would have dnfed it if I hadn’t received an arc via Netgalley, and I’m grateful because I would have missed so many good parts otherwise, but I’m also not. Can you see the dilemma? When a partnered project comes up and no one wants to partner with either of them, Rob and Meaghan are forced to work together.

One other note: the summary from Goodreads makes it sound like Maegan keeps her sister Sam’s pregnancy a secret from her parents. That’s not true. Her parents know about the pregnancy before the story begins. They do not, however, know the identity of the baby’s father and the reasons Sam doesn’t want to tell them.This book is going to fly off the shelves to all teens, but it will hold special interest for those looking for a tear-jerking romance, and serious readers of realistic fiction - VOYA

As everything is taken from his family, Rob's father attempts suicide, leaving him in a partially vegetative state. Readers will find it easy to fall into Rev and Emma's lives as romance hovers between them and they confront the violence of their past and present - Publishers Weekly The writing is smooth and highly readable. The friendships were so well done. Rob and Owen. So many feelings. Even though he interned at his father's office, Rob swears he had no knowledge of the illegal activities. I kept thinking to myself how would I have treated someone like Rob if all I knew were rumours? I'd like to think I wouldn't have jumped to conclusions or have been as horrible as some of the people at Rob's school.

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Overall, eh. I had hope that I might be able to like this one after enjoying Kemmerer's A Curse So Dark and Lonely, but I'm thinking I might sit out any future contemporaries from her. Every else seems to love them....why don't I? I don't know. But I think I'm done.