Ever since Riley Strout lost her mother two years ago, her survival has depended on her other family: the quirky kids she met in a grief support group at school. Jay, Kate, and Noah are the only people who understand her pain; each lost a loved one.
When Riley sees her dead mother shopping in a grocery store, she fears post-traumatic stress—until Jay and Kate report similar visions. Noah, having seen nothing, withdraws. Soon he disappears, and Riley fears the worst. But the frantic search for him unexpectedly draws Riley and the other two into a mystery surrounding a centuries-old relic and the clues it might offer about the afterlife. By reaching for the ones who are gone, Riley uncovers hidden truths about those she hasn’t yet lost.
When you find friends who know it, who’ve been through it, who really, really get the ache that moves in and lives in your bones, it gets a little easier.
— This one had a really interesting premise. The beginning was really nice, but it ultimately disappointed in the end. It tried really hard to be something but I just couldn’t appreciate it, and everything felt so rushed, even the ending.
