This book left me severely disappointed. After reading Verity, I had high hopes for another Coho book but this was not it. Poorly developed characters with a mind-numbing cliche plot, so formulaic it hurt. Heavy topics but juvenile writing style, and Ellen of all people? Hated that part. The dialog was so predictable, it took what could have been a powerful story and made it a waste of my day. Two stars for the last line of the book.