This was the best YA book I've read in a long time. It started off a little weak- very "Groundhog Day", and I wasn't crazy about all the characters.

But pretty soon, I was rooting for Samantha (Sam), the main character. She had her faults, but her reactions and her emotions were all so raw and real. You want her to succeed.

I don't want to go into too many details about the plot for fear of spoiling something, but I will say that the writing was excellent, and there were many passages I loved; like this one, which summarizes one of the main themes of the book:

"It amazes me how easy it is for things to change, how easy it is to start off down the same road you always take and wind up somewhere new. Just one false step, one pause, one detour, and you end up with new friends or a bad reputation or a boyfriend or a breakup. ... And it makes me feel, weirdly, like maybe all of these different possibilities exist at the same time, like each moment we live has a thousand other moments layered underneath it that look different."

The book also made me want to look around and really appreciate all the little things I take for granted everyday- the "promise of trees lit up in red and orange like flames and spiced cider, and frost that melts away by noon- layers upon layers of life, always something more, new deeper."

Overall, I was very impressed with how complex each and every character turned out to be. Though it starts off that way, this is not your typical high school cliche. And Kent- I loved Kent.