A teaser and a tearjerker, you book, you. Just what I expected from all the rave reviews I've seen. While it did not leave me an emotional trainwreck as said reviews suggested, it still glued me to the screen and stayed with me like few books did.

I meant what I said up there. The author knows what works and plays those cards-strategically, whenever the plot starts to drop, there's a hot or heartbreaking scene to hook you back up, but also, she plays them well. I was both swooned and teary-eyed.

I liked both Echo and Noah and their stories, and there's no denying the chemistry between them. The appeal of these two is not reduced to the romance only. I found them both interesting individually as well. Echo is struggling to make sense of her messed-up family, but I liked how she outgrows her confusion and learns to put herself first. Noah, on the other hand, reminded me very much of a guy who was in my class for a short time in high school and had similar struggles like Noah. Beth got under my skin, so did Isaiah.

If I don't consider myself mindblown, it's for two reasons. First, Noah's constant appraisal of Echo's boobs. Way too often, just like his calling Echo his nymph or siren. It made it hard to believe that he really cared for her on a more than physical level. Second, the hot-heartbreaking-hot-heartbreaking pattern becomes repetitive and starts to feel like emotional manipulation. Anyway, McGarry does a great job avoiding cheap and cheesy, so I let it be and enjoyed the story.