This book was so good and so unexpected. I have to admit that I was VERY nervous about how this book was going to go.... I was worried for the characters and that it was going to be very emotional and depressing.  Well, it WAS emotional! But not in the way I thought. It was more because I grew so very attached to the main characters than being with them through their life was emotional in itself. And Cherry! Wow she was so interesting and I absolutely loved following her through her past (which is what prompted a lot of the tears).  Such an endearing character!

I love the premise and the idea of what you would do with your own mortality staring you in the face and I love the way the different characters reacted and processed and the decisions they made.  This is one of my FAVORITE authors and she has really honed her craft of understanding and presenting realistic humanity (with all the drama, and laughs and emotions that accompany that).

Note: I listened to the audiobook and this is one of my FAVORITE narrators and I highly recommend it!

Thanks to the publishers for a free ARC and a free audiobook copy; my review and thoughts are my own/.