Hannah and Emory have been best friends for their whole life, they are both very different girls. Hannah is the daughter of a pastor, and she is committed to her church and the preaching of her father. Hannah has been waiting to go to Boston for University for ever, but dreading leaving her best friend. Emory is the daughter of a single mother who has recently found love and is currently planning her wedding. Emory is an actress and is in love with her boyfriend Luke, but preparing for their inevitable parting when they head off to different schools.
Three months ago, Hannah and Emory got into a terrible fight, both of them saying things they didn't mean and they haven't spoken since. Both miss each other, but can't quite find the way back to their friendship. One night Hannah finds Luke slumped over the wheel in his car barely alive. This draws the three of them together as they struggle to come to terms with what happened and how to move forward after the accident.
I loved the way this story was told from both Hannah and Emory's perspective. Luke, is the perfect boyfriend- funny, sweet, kind, but also realistic. I was worried that Hannah's commitment to her religion would be hard to read, but I loved how she was grappling with her faith, and how she wanted to handle religion and faith outside of how her parents handled it. I loved the glimpses of friendship between Hannah and Emory before the fight and how the girls supported each other even though they were totally different.
This story does have a bit of mature content, Emory and Luke are a serious dating couple, but it is done in a really sensitive, vague way that leaves me knowing that it would be ok in an Intermediate library. It reminded me a bit of The Fault in Our Stars - teenagers in love, but committed to each other.
I'm going to go and order the rest of the books that Tamara Ireland Stone has written, even though I have a shelf full of books to be read!
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