This is Not the End

If you’re a fan of “If I Stay” by Gayle Forman, you’ll like this book. A little bit of fantasy, little bit of morbidity, a little bit of teenage romance.

Seventeen-year-old Lake Devereaux has been dreading her eighteenth birthday for the last five years. Resurrection technology allows for one resurrection per citizen to be used on your eighteenth birthday and Lake has already promised hers to someone who isn’t even dead yet. All that changes when a car crash leaves both her boyfriend and best friend dead and their families feuding over Lake. As her birthday rapidly approaches, secrets and betrayals come to the light and an impossible choice gets even harder. ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️ While parts of the story were totally predictable, the ending was not and that I appreciated very much. You often think you know where you stand on an issue like of course I’d want to bring someone back, but then you look at the pros and the cons and the wants and needs of that individual person and maybe the viewpoint starts to change. Anyway, I think it’s worth a read but not something that needs to skip ahead on your TBR.