More often than not while reading this book, I found myself wondering: "What would I do if I was the Landrys?"
It is easy to empathize with people who have lost their son in a tragic accident and not always as easy to empathize with the person who we think is the sole cause of that accident.
This book brought to the forefront the idea that situations are not always black and white, even when they seem like they might be at first glance.
Kenna's story and her ideas about the good versus bad in people really stuck with me, even though I am not a mother. Even when I didn't have the full story about the night of Scotty's accident, I found myself SO upset at the Landry's for keeping Diem away from her mother.
That is one of the major things I love about Colleen Hoover's writing: Her ability to make me feel for characters who aren't real.
I cried with Kenna and I was happy with her when her life finally started to turn around.
The only beef I had with this story was just how quickly the Landry's decided to forgive Kenna after reading her letter to Scotty. While I was extremely happy with how things turned out, it seemed unrealistic that after 5 years of what seemed to be pure hatred, the Landrys put all that aside.
Overall, the characters in this book were amazingly written and even though there was no specific location, I found myself so attached to this story.