I read this book last year and have read it nearly twenty times since. The story floats past like a bright, warm summer's day, and the characters are quite loveable - particularly the narrator, Cassadra. To some, she might seem precocious and silly, but to me she is flawlessly human.
This is a book about relatioships, but relationships far beyond those portrayed in modern teen fiction. More than a book about love, I think that this is a book about family and growing up. It is a true classic, in the sense that it is timeless. The emotions and often the situtations are universal.
The beauty of this book is in the ending. I have read reviews, and the ending is either what makes the book what it is for some people, and ruins it for others. With a different ending, it would be a well-written, pretty story. The ending is what makes it so bittersweet, so hopeful, and so enchanting. The last line of this novel is a profoundly emotional statement - "He said he would come back..." (although it can only be understood in the context of the book.
I would reccomend this book to anyone who has ever had a moment of feeling nostalgic for something simpler, anyone who has a crazy family (which, in essence, is most people), anyone who has ever loved to no avail, and anyone who believes that one kiss can change everything.

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