Aly and Adam Bloomington, lifelong best friends and twins, were separated when Adam traveled to California, leaving his misbehaving dachshund, Pretzel, with Aly. During a FaceTime call with her twin, Aly was shocked to Adam’s best buddy in high school, Levi, whom she used to have a crush on. She wanted to reconnect with him. However, their lives took a tragic turn when Adam was involved in a devastating car accident and fell into a coma. Left without her closest friend and ally, Aly started to text Adam to keep him updated but faced a problem: Adam’s phone was missing.
If you love reading about childhood friend and brother’s best friend tropes, then this could be a book that would probably keep you engaged until the very last page. Whitney wrote a storyline that was both charming and memorable which I think was kind of unique in some ways. I have not read many books that included family drama, childhood friend, crushing on brother’s best friend, dogs, and awesome side characters, rolled into a near-perfect plot line. I was invested in Aly and Levi’s story throughout.
I just wished that Whitney gave a deeper insight of Aly and Adam’s mom for the readers. I just hope she explained why the twin’s mother acted differently when they were at home and at the last hospital scene with Aly. As a reader, I felt like it was a loose end that the author forgot to tie up. Nonetheless, many scenes felt like a springboard for a sequel and I am looking forward to that if there is any.
Another concern was some typographical errors in the copy that I was given access to. This could have been prevented from if this went through another round of proofreading.
Overall, the storyline and the characters made this novel one of a kind that I could forget about some areas this novel could improve on. I found myself enjoying every Aly-Levi encounter and intrigued by what Adam last said to Emma in the hospital which really solidified my hunch that there will be a book 2.
Though this book may not be something I would be rereading in a few months, I would definitely recommend this to anyone who loves easy reads but with an appealing and unique plot.
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