This is not just a slow-burn love story (and that aspect is always well done in Abigail Johnson's books) - this is an emotionally hard-hitting book about moving on after incredibly great loss and finding hard-won hope for the present and future. Ethan and Rebecca (the boy and girl next door) have been friends since they were kids, in and out of each other's lives with incredible difficulties thrown at them both - Ethan's mom is a drug addict always spinning out of control, and Rebecca has been seriously injured in a car accident that left her paralyzed and using a wheelchair for mobility. Ethan and Rebecca (the boy and girl next door) have been friends since they were kids, in and o I just finished this spectacular YA Contemporary and it's so good I'm a bit speechless - the last line so powerful, I just sat here, stunned for a minute. I just finished this spectacular YA Contemporary and it's so good I'm a bit speechless - the last line so powerful, I just sat here, stunned for a minute. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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