the great Sarah dessen reread comes to an end. I love how different this book is from the rest and how frustrating it is but real. emmaline goes thru the regression growth cycle so differently than other Sarah dessen books and for different reasons. the regression is the relationship and the growth isn't flash in the pan it's gradual, like real growth. it wasn't her ability to communicate that caused problems it was the men in her life who refused to listen that were the problem. that's so men. 
Luke is boring and kinda shitty. theo SUCKS big time. he's TWENTY ONE dating an 18 year old. making plans to move to her town. he's a creep. Emmaline's dad is a tool. her family seems to encroach on her time and space with abandon and complain when she's not there to be taken advantage of. 
I always love in Sarah dessen novels how half siblings and step sibling relationships are always brought to the front and made so important. 
I like that the romance I ended up caring the most about was daisy and Morris. they both had so much independence from each other that the few scenes they're together or talking about each other had me kicking my feet and blushing.