A great story that keeps you reading, a quick read. Wonderful story ARC, very interesting to read the book told from a second person view but I think it added to the story telling of what was going on. I appreciated the way the story developed and really surprised me as the story developed.

You are the Everything by Karen Rivers

Beautifully written story that kept me reading into the wee hours of the morning. Elyse is an elfish teenager with a best friend who is larger than life. She and Kath were arguing before returning from France with the rest of the school band after a competition. They are sitting apart when the plane crashes. Inexplicably, Elyse and her longtime crush, Josh Harris are the only survivors. Teenage angst combined with the awkwardness of first love and the heartbreak of loss creates so many layers. The twists and sharp turns end with the final twist veering in as a complete surprise. It is so compelling that I already want to read it again.

I honestly don't know how I feel about this book. I have so many mixed feelings. First off, I really disliked the characters. I thought Elyse was so immature, and I kind of hated her. I also had a really difficult time with the writing style at first, but as I got used to it I grew to like it. The book really grew on me, and I found myself just flying through it. I was so stressed reading it, which I suppose is the first sign that it's really well written. It definitely stirred up some emotions in me. Overall though, I think I just didn't get it. I thought I did, and I was really liking it, but then the end came and I just...I don't get it.

I tried. I tried really hard, but the constant use of "you" was annoying me to no end. I don't like perspectives where it's like I'm in the book. If I wanted that, I would read a chose your own adventure novel not a YA contemporary. We're dropped in the middle of a whole lot of drama too. I don't mind drama (okay I love drama), but the fact that there's so much going on when we know nothing about the characters is a little much. Especially when it is followed by a very unlikely to happen to anyone plane crash.

I tried, but just had great difficulty reading an entire novel written in second person. It’ was just impossible for me to connect to any characters r any part of the story. I am so curious why the author/editor made this choice for the narration. I men, i guess. I can see how it adds to it feeling erthreal, but it makes it so disconnected. I think that written this way is going to make what could have been an interesting story not something most teens will approach.

I received an ARC of this novel from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Heartbreaking novel about an alternate reality, the angst of first love, and finding one's place in life. Great book.

This book was very intriguing. I do not think that I have ever read a book written in second person. It sets a different tone that is for sure. This book was definitely not what I was expecting after reading the summary. I was expecting a teen romance developing after the plane crash. I do not want to give the story away because this is something that you have to experience yourself. Elyse is on a trip with her school band to Paris and her plane begins to crash. She goes back and forth between the past and present and future in her thoughts and sometimes it is a little hard to follow (I reread a lot of parts). She is hopelessly in love with the boy sitting next to her on the plane, Josh Harris, whom she talks and thinks about all the time (literally, I do not think that there is a page in this book that doesn't mention Josh Harris on it in some form or another.) Elyse is losing time and having panic attacks and trying to fit the piece of her life back together but something seems to be missing. A thought-provoking story to say the least with quite a different spin and feel than the typical YA novels out there today. I definitely recommend this one!

Such an intense, mysterious, gripping and heartbreaking story. Throughout, I found myself hoping against all odds that Emilia (and Tomas) could find release from the secrets and pain they lived with every day. Sad when family and love are close enough to touch, but inexplicably too far away to realize. The ending of this one will stay with me for a long time, and I won’t look at crows the same way again. Such incredible writing!