I came into this story without much knowledge of the plot. I heard good things about the book, so jumped in mostly blind.

I thought this was strictly a YA romance novel. It is so much more than that.

The story centers around Jolene and Adam; both finding themselves involved in issues developed within their families. However, they both are vastly different. While one family is cracked due to grief, the other is unrepairable and full of spite. As the story progresses, we get to see both characters grow not only their feelings and their definition of love, but grow as young teens while dealing with some complicated emotions.

I come from a divorced family,  so I may be biased in how much I enjoyed the story. However, I thought it did a good job of bringing the emotions of the characters to the reader. 

Trigger warning - there are mentions of toxic relationships, eating disorders, alcoholism, as well as sexual assault.