A 3.5/5 for this one.

Okay. I had a hard time trying to get into this book.
The synopsis is interesting enough; I thought it's going to be this adventure-and-mystery-filled story (that's how it sounded like to me). I've heard so many good things about it, and now, I'm disappointed that I didn't like it enough (I wanted to love this one to be honest.)

When I read the first few chapters, it seemed like a drag. Nothing's really happening and I'm not getting excited or interested. BUT. I willed myself to continue reading since I'm searching for that something that will really get me into it.
It got better as I progressed through the book, it was hard to pinpoint it, but as I read, I realized that I am liking it.

What I really liked, is how it discussed issues about mental disorders like anxiety and OCD; the truth about it, how it's like, how do do people cope with it. The author portrayed it really well. Every time Aza gets into her spirals, I could feel it as I read. It was raw, and it was real, and in a way, I could almost relate to it—to Aza and her anxiety.
This book offers us, the readers, an insight to mental health, a way to try and understand the people who are going through the same things as Aza. It offers us a new perspective about this issues, about family, and friendship, and in general, about life.

I wanted more of that mystery about Pickett, though. Like why did he ran away? What happened? Why was he there? What happened to him? That's a loose end I would have like to be tied up.

Oh and! This book had romance, yes, and no matter how hard I shipped Aza with Davis, I liked that the author didn't rub that romance part into the readers' faces. The romance wasn't overwhelming, rather, it was calm and understanding (if that made sense haha!)
I liked the way this book ended, too. For me, it seemed like the perfect ending for this story.

"...no one ever says good-bye unless they want to see you again."