The author has a way of really bringing you into the story, I felt what Casey felt, although this was not always a good thing. I almost took away a star for the book making me feel depressed and stressed out ;-) But I can't fault an author who is so good that you lose yourself into her writing. It's also very brave to have, not only the main character, but most others, be writers, and to include lots of discussion of how to write, what is good writing and so on. Because that puts what you are reading up to that scrutiny. Lily King does not disappoint, she delivers all of the things her characters say make up a great novel.