Rose Asher believes in ghosts. She should, since she has one for a best friend: Logan, her annoying, Netflix-addicted brother, who is forever stuck at fifteen. But Rose is growing up, and when an old friend moves back to Laguna Canyon and appears in her drama class, things get complicated.
Jamie Aldridge is charming, confident, and a painful reminder of the life Rose has been missing out on since her brother’s death. She watches as Jamie easily rejoins their former friends–a group of magnificently silly theater nerds–while avoiding her so intensely that it must be deliberate.
Yet when the two of them unexpectedly cross paths, Rose learns that Jamie has a secret of his own, one that changes everything. Rose finds herself drawn back into her old life–and to Jamie. But she quickly starts to suspect that he isn’t telling her the whole truth.
All Rose knows is that it’s becoming harder to choose between the boy who makes her feel alive and the brother she isn’t ready to lose.
I have always been a huge fan of Robyn Schneider’ since I read “The Beginning of Everything” when I was in high school. It was and still is one of my most favorite books I have read. But this one, I think has become my absolute favorite novel ever.
Rose Asher hasn’t been the same since her brother died and her best friend moved away, she has become a shell of the person she used to know but that all changes when Jamie moves back to town. Jamie drags Rose out of her shell and brings her back to life, but sometimes you have to sacrifice one part of yourself to become who you really want to be.
Rose is someone I can relate to, after experiencing the loss of a loved one and everyone around you knowing that you’re grieving you want nothing more than to be invisible.
I loved the dynamic between Rose and her brother, I think it made a good point about what loosing someone is like. The person you lost will always be that age and in that moment when you think of them, but we grow and we keep going. And even though we might not think of them everyday that doesn’t mean we don’t miss them or wish they were here with us.
I loved Jamie, he is cute and sweet and smart and caring.
If you’re looking for a “spooky” read (I say spooky lightly because the only spooky aspect is the ghosts but they arent all that spooky) for the fall I highly recommend this one!
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