The Quick Cut: A teen girl gets sent to a school for troubled girls in the wilderness of Maine. Not all is as it seems as she discovers another school nearby. A Real Review: Thank you to Sourcebooks Fire for providing the ARC in exchange for an honest review. Grief is difficult at any age, but when it happens to you as a teenager, that pain can seem insurmountable. How you deal with those feelings and find a path forward can change what your future looks like. For Moira, this path gets far more difficult than anticipated as she grapples with the loss of her best friend, Nathan. Moira's life has taken a very steep tumble. While she once was a straight A student, now she never shows up to class and is constantly at war with her mother. No one in her life seems to understand the pain she is going through after her best friend Nathan died of brain cancer. How can she move forward in life if he's no longer there as her companion? What could moving her to a remote school in Maine do to change her path? Anyone who knows me knows that I tend to loathe books that trend higher in the page count. Although this book is a long one, it doesn't feel like it as you read it. Moira's pain is so strong that she finds it difficult to relate to anyone in her life (as few as those people may be). It's interesting seeing how she takes that pain she is going through and uses it to eventually relate to other people at the school. One of the big themes throughout this book is how everyone deals with pain and trauma in different ways. Although there are twelve girls at the school, each one has a different problem that brought them there and every one uses different methods to cope. Seeing that play out and where it ends up taking them really can open up your eyes to realizing how everyone has to process in their own fashion. The other significant theme in this story is friendship. Nathan was Moira's best friend and if we're being honest, her soul mate. Not every soul mate is a romantic relationship and when they get forced into different directions, it's like losing a part of who you are. The bond between these two is so real, even if all you see of Nathan is Moira's memories. It's easy to put yourself in their shoes if you have someone like this in your own life. A potent story about loss, friendship, and how everyone has their own way to adapt. My rating: 4.5 out of 5