From the back cover:
Seth McCoy was the last person to see his best friend, Issac, alive, and the first to find him dead. It was just another night, just another party, just another time when Issac drank too much and passed out on the lawn. Only this time, Issac didn't wake up.
Convinced that his own actions led to his friend's death, Seth is torn between turning his life around...or losing himself completely.
Then he meets Rosetta: so beautiful and so different from everything and everyone he's ever known. But Rosetta has secrets of her own, and Seth will soon realize he isn't the only one who needs saving...
From Me:
Although this book could be pretty dark, I enjoyed it a lot. Watching Seth go through his emotional recovery after losing his best friend was very interesting - agreeing and disagreeing with the choices he made, rooting for his relationship with Rosetta, and genuinely liking Seth as a person/character made reading this book very easy. This is not to say that the subject matter was always easy to digest.
At the time this story opens, Seth's best friend, Issac, has died from suffocation - he drank too much and choked on his own vomit. Seth blames himself for Issac's death, which is what he struggles with throughout the whole story. I think that this book should be offered to all high schoolers, but especially those with a love of partying. It shows us how uncontrolled drinking and underage drinking can devastate many lives - Issac died and everyone who didn't was left picking up the pieces and coming to terms with his death. At the same time, Seth and Rosetta are trying to begin a relationship, which seems to be very sweet. Throughout reading, I felt like Seth - on an emotional rollercoaster. One chapter I would be up and excited for Seth and Rosetta, and the next I would be cursing Issac for bringing Seth down. But that's what makes this novel so great - I felt like I could understand Seth and the emotions he was going through.
I would highly recommend this book, but just know that it can be a heavy story to read.
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