In this heart-wrenching, coming-of-age story about family, grief, and second chances, seventeen-year-old Emmy returns home for the summer to uncover the truth behind her sister Rose’s disappearance—only to learn that Rose had many secrets, ones that have Emmy questioning herself and the sister Emmy thought she knew. The author’s writing style lends itself perfectly to the genre. She knows exactly when to end a scene and mount suspense.

I don't want to give anything away so this will be brief.
This is a story about searching for a missing person, so it is not a happy read.
But it is so well done that you just keep reading.
It was an amazing book and I couldn't put it down.
I kept thinking about it, long after I finished it.
I have told many people about it.
It might not be to everyone's taste though.

I liked and really felt for the main sisters of this novel, but I was really confused and distracted by the frequent tonal whiplash. There were sex scenes, in particular, that seemed to belong to an entirely different novel.

This was such a beautifully that made me laugh and made me cry but most importantly made me not want to put it down. I really enjoyed it.

A beautiful story of sisterhood through adversity. Powerful language, emotional rollercoaster and an experience that stays with you.

This was a rollercoaster of emotions and I enjoyed it! The story of two sisters who are alike and unalike as they navigate the world. Emmy searches for her missing sister Rose and the reader is genuinely unsure what she will find. The characters were compelling and relatable. I will adopt this for my classroom library.

Emmy and her sister Rose are not only sisters, they are best friends. When their parents divorce, Emmy goes to San Francisco with their mother and Rose stays in Ohio with their father. Six years later when Rose disappears, Emmy cannot believe that Rose would just cut off all contact with her. Emmy decides to go visit her father and she is determined to find Rose herself. The longer Emmy spends searching for Rose, the more she learns how little she knew about her sister. Emmy tries to reconnect with old friends hoping that they can help her find Rose, and discovers that Rose had been lying to her since she left Ohio. The more Emmy learns about Rose, the more she realizes that everyone keeps secrets, even her best friend. This was a wonderfully thoughtful story of relationships between siblings and how we all need to pay attention to the people in our lives.

Heart-wrenching novel about two sisters and the truths and lies we tell the people we love. Emmy was the most realistic of the characters, while the others were a bit more shallow and lacking in any real use, other than to move the plot along. The main focus of the book is Emmy's search for her missing sister, Rose. As she follows a trail of clues left behind by Rose, we begin to learn more about the two sisters and the lenses through which each saw the other.

Overall, the book had a lot of emotional twists and turns, and it deals with mental health in a thought-provoking, realistic way. The ending, though, felt at odds with the rest of the story - too convenient and easy to belong to the original plot. This mars the realism of the previous 90% of the book and leaves the reader feeling cheated.

Thanks, NetGalley, for the ARC.

How to Live Without You is a story about the people we think we know so well and the secrets they may keep from us. Em goes home to Ohio to visit her father but also to track down her missing older sister Rose. Along the way, she discovers that her sister may have been dishonest with her about many things, including the dissolution of some childhood friendships. Em reconnects with some of her childhood friends and gets entangled with some of her sister’s friends in her search for Rose’s whereabouts.

The book’s dialogue and characters were believable, but I did see the plot coming a mile away. This is a story of mental health struggles and correctly shows how well some people can hide their troubles. Without revealing too much of the plot, I will say that I found the ending a bit too tidy and unbelievable. Perhaps the ending should not be diverted to what the reader may hope it will be. Reading it, I got the impression that it had been changed or rewritten as it just did not feel in line with the rest of the book in terms of flow.

I would have this book available in classroom libraries especially for students whose family members have struggled with mental health issues.