Before I begin with my review, let me throw out some trigger warnings: infant death, teen pregnancy, cyberbullying, suicide, death of a parent, addiction. Most of the actual events take place off page, but are discussed throughout the book.

Beckett is going through a lot, and truthfully she handles it a lot better than I could have done at sixteen. She is still reeling from the loss of her father, and the circumstances surrounding his death, she’s trying to deal with a breakup, she’s the constant subject of school gossip, and all of this is going on before she finds the baby. Honestly, I would have just curled up in my room and never left it, but she stands up for herself and keeps going to school, facing things head on. But she doesn’t really trust anyone.

Jake just wants Beckett back and to take care of her. But he’s keeping something from her.

Penn, Beckett’s brother, is focused on getting into West Point and all of his spare time is focused there or on his girlfriend.

Amira is Beckett’s best friend, and suddenly back in her life after being noticeable absent for the last seven months.

Beckett’s mom is focused on the case, trying to find out what happened to the baby and who her parents are. She is focused on work to escape her own grief over the loss of her husband.

The one thing everyone agrees on is keeping Landry, Beckett’s 13-year old sister, protected from the online attacks against Beckett and the circumstances around the baby’s discovery.

In addition to the main characters, there are a whole cast of characters in the mix, from reporters, to the Key Club president, to an anonymous Twitter account that seems to know all the details.

The story is told through Beckett’s point of view, and we know from the beginning that she is not the mother, but the question that runs through the entire story is who is? And every time I thought that I might have gotten a lock on the mother’s identity, evidence eliminates them. Beckett ends up accusing just about everyone at some point or another. When the identity is finally revealed, it certainly wasn’t anyone that I was expecting.

The pace of the story is good, and the questions keep you guessing until most is revealed. I have lots of feelings about the mother, but for the sake of spoilers, I won’t share them here. All in all I enjoyed the story, really connected with Beckett’s anger, frustration, fear, and grief.

Disclaimer: I received an eARC of this book through NetGalley on behalf of the publisher {Bloomsbury} in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.