This novel was written in verse and was a very fast read. And it deals with very heavy subject matter. Hope's older sister Lizzie tried to commit suicide and gets hospitalized. Hope misses her sister tremendously and is utterly confused why Lizzie would ever want to end her life. Throughout the story it is revealed that Lizzie and their mother share a secret that is so horrific that Hope can't even begin to understand or believe it.

Carol Lynch William wrote The Chosen One and I absolutely loved it so I had very high expectations for this book. My expectations were not completely met. I liked the story and read it quickly, but it was missing something. There were parts of the story that I didn't understand its purpose. Hope is the narrator so something as simple as her first boy girl party is monumental and I understand how it shows the reader that Hope is a normal 13 year old girl, but at the same time is it really necessary to give it as much detail and space in the story as it got? I felt the story just ended. As soon as Hope discovered the secret the book ended, I wanted more resolution.

The book was entertaining, but it didn't live up to my high expectations that Williams set with The Chosen One.