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2.5 stars

PROS

- Representation of conjoined twins. I don't think I've read a book with conjoined twins as the main characters and I thought that it was great that this was represented in fiction. I can't say how accurate the representation was, as I have no personal experience with this, but just the fact that it was represented was awesome in my book.

CONS

- The characters. Unfortunately, I found nearly every single character unlikeable, especially Hailey and the twins' mother. Far from dislike, I think the mum's controlling behaviour was downright damaging at certain bits. Meanwhile, Hailey and Clara at times used their disability as an excuse to be nasty to other people, especially this girl called Lindsey (I think) who they were horrible to for six whole years for pretty much no reason at all. The only character who was mildly okay was the twins' father and he wasn't around for much of the book anyway.

- The writing. I thought that the writing and dialogue was really weak in parts. The story was repetitive as well as the conversations that Hailey and Clara had with each other. I understand that they were struggling with this one main problem that they were facing but after a certain point, I kept feeling like I'd already read certain passages before even though I hadn't.

- The plot. I thought this book may have worked better as a short story or even a novella rather than a full-blown book, simply because there wasn't enough of a plot line to keep my interest piqued for the duration of the book. It took me a long time to get through this, simply because I hardly ever felt like picking it back up. It felt as though the story had been unnecessarily stretched just to make it longer and I really feel that it would have been a lot stronger if it were to be much shorter than it is.