When Tess falls into a coma, Abby finds her life put on hold in her sister's absence. Living in Tess's shadow is one thing...but it's unbearable now that she's in a coma. As Abby works through a plan to bring her sister back (involving the handsome love interest, Eli), she has to learn a lot of hard truths about who here sister really is.
Abby is a fairly typical self-deprecating younger sister living in the shadow of her "amazing" older sister. Throughout the story, I honestly wanted to slap her more times than I can count and tell her to open her eyes. Her insecurity is pounded into your head throughout the entire book, and honestly, it made me almost completely unable to get behind her as an main character.
Tess is, in Abby's mind, the girl who everyone likes and I have to admit that I felt like I got to know her more through the story that I did Abby. As Abby learned about the Tess she didn't know, I did too and I really liked her. She was a teenager dealing with a lot of emotional difficulties and tough choices. I loved how Tess was unveiled slowly throughout the story.
Eli....oh Eli. Eli was such a real, fabulous love interest and friend. His character was beyond well-developed and I loved the dynamic that he brought to the story. Again, I don't want to give too much away, but suffice it to say that Eli is awesome. You will fall in love with him.
What this book does fantastically is bring in diversity and sexuality in such a seamless way that it doesn't come across as preachy or forced or any of the things that often happen when an author tries too hard to do those things. I don't want to spoil anything so I'll leave it at that but be prepared for a well-rounded cast of characters.
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