Wow!Let's start with the characters. Echo, if the name doesn't pull you in, her description will. Red hair and greens eyes. Then we learn that she lost her brother and something happened with her mother and she is no longer able to visit. She has scars all over her arms from the incident with her mother, and no answers as to why. With her school counselor, she starts remembering who she used to be. Starting with what an amazing artist she was.
Then we meet Noah, know for being a stoner that goes through a lot of girls. He sees the same counselor at school and we learn he lost his parents in a fire. All he has left is two younger brothers he isn't allowed to see because of a foster home incident where Noah punch an adult. Noah plans to get custody of his brothers by proving their new foster parents are abusive, because all he knows is abuse.
Noah meets Echo in the office and they are throw together be the woman they both loathe at the time. Echo tries to tutor Noah for money to fixed her brothers car up. Noah pretends not care about anyone but himself. however they start plotting together to get answers out of their files in the counselors office. And in between they discover a need for each other that they can not fight. Echo finally gets Noah the information he needed to find his brothers address and spy on them.
The pair stumble in and out of love for months, all while learning life isn't better with the answers they were looking for. Gaining her memories back, Echo remembers her mothers attempted suicide/murder. She breaks up with Noah and spirals out of control. And after a break down finds that Noah won't let her go. That they need each other more than anyone else. Great read and looking forward to book 2.