3.5 stars, actually.

this book reads a lot like the perks of being a wallflower and i love the diary-writing style, the way laurel narrates the story and her connections between her childhood and the people she's writing to, even when it comes to blaming her own grief on one of them.

the ending... god. did not expect that. at all. i've been through similar situations and to read my life put in a book was an insane experience

one of the problems i have with this book is how fast paced laurel and sky's relationship felt. he was introduced, she immediately fell in love, so did he, they got together, there was drama, it all felt very rushed and cliché.

besides that, and laurel's grief sometimes being forgotten to make space for the romance, i really liked this book. it's a once in a lifetime experience, definitely.