I still can't tell you what made me want to pick up this book, since I so rarely read grown-up books. But pick it up I did. And it was okay. But it wasn't great.

My biggest complaint is that there wasn't a good way to tell how much time had passed in the story. Other than the epilogue, which had a year attached to it, I have no idea how much time passed in the story, and certainly not from one chapter to the next. In fact, things that were mentioned in one chapter would not have happened yet in the next chapter, though to be fair, the chapters rotated in perspective of each of the 4 main characters. But still, I shouldn't have to guess at how many years transpired over the course of a few chapters or the whole book.

I also felt like the story was incredibly slow to get going. Some of the characters didn't ring true to me, even after learning all of the backstory. Really, especially after knowing the backstory. And the ending was a little too happy-with-a-big-bow-wrapped-around-it for me.

Bonus: Wawa mention!