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Initially, I really enjoyed this book. It opens up and immediately grasps readers with its unique perspective - the book is narrated by one sister directly to her deceased sister, catching her up on what has been happening since her death. It really gives an interesting frame to the novel and its actions. There is a lot of emotion in this book - and Lupton does a wonderful job of conveying a realistic relationship between these two sisters.

Unfortunately, the ending spoiled the entire book for me. It is one of those manipulative endings with a surprise so shocking that it completely detracts from the entire build-up of the book. The final conflict and resolution are rendered pointless. Despite the manipulative end twist, other parts in the plot felt predictable, which slowed the action down quite a bit in sections. Lupton introduces a lot of interesting information about cystic fibrosis here which adds a lot to the overall storyline, but her betrayal to the reader just soured the book past the redeeming point for me. I don’t like books that seem to revel in tricking the reader, and it just felt especially disappointing have such a promising beginning (and middle) of the book.