Wow that was a pretty tough book, but a really good book. I well past my teen years and it is a teen book , but I seriously couldn't or wouldn't have read it then.

Echo suffered a serious trauma at the hands of her bipolar mom. Her mind won't allow her to remember and the people that know won't tell her. What a crappy situation. Sure I wanted her dad to tell her what happened but that would have been detrimental to her. You have to blame her mom to an extent but anyone who is bipolar or has dealt with anyone suffering from it gets that they can't be 100% accountable. A friend of mine that lost his battle to the 'bipolar demons' told me it was like having an angel on one shoulder and the devil on the other. And he was stuck in the middle in a cloud trying to stay afloat.

And Noah, ahh Noah. He had a perfect life till his parents were killed in a fire. He went to foster care and his brothers separate from him but together went to another family, a good family. Noah vowed he would graduate, get a job, get custody and put his family back together. Such a noble idea but so unrealistic. He would be their dad, no longer the big brother he yearned to be. He deserved a life and his brothers were happy and with a family who good give them everything. Once they all stopped fighting each other that really turned into a beautiful situation.

For the most part they are getting their HEA. At 18 it is just unreasonable to say they GOT it, so a work in progress it is.