Okay, this book. This book had me feeling all kinds of “feels.” Seriously. As soon as I get my hands on a hard copy, I am adding it to my classroom library.

What a story; what storytelling.

I will say that I was not sold right away on this novel—and by that I mean within the first chapter. But I really enjoyed Josh as a character and hung in there with him. But really, it was wanting to see how the author would broach this subject. Truth time—brilliantly.

After all, pregnancy doesn’t just happen to the mother. Adoption choices don’t just happen to the mother. And now add in the element of a relatively young age. How does one move beyond the past to build a promising future?

Josh struggles the entire novel. As readers, we are given snapshots into what has his soul. What has torn such a part of him away and led him to leave his own school his senior year?

This slow build is what kept me hooked; and his relationship with his uncle; and his budding friendship with Stella, which I will get to in a minute.

Read my full review on my blog, here.