As a mother of a teenage daughter and a former teenager myself (seriously, regardless of what my daughter believes, I was once a teen), I try to teach my daughter about making wise decisions. It is clearly a "do as I say, not as I've done" type of teaching as I made huge, huge, horrible mistakes growing up. This book is about mistakes and the consequences of those split second decisions. It started very slow and I was discouraged. However, about 1/4 of the way through, I really liked the story. It had all the right elements for a good book and I was genuinely surprised that I was disappointed that it ended.
