This was a heavy book, but was a very powerful YA contemporary read. There's some serious stuff here, and it was difficult to get through sometimes. That being said, it was hopeful in its own way, and it's easy to root for Noor and Salahudin - even when they make the dumbest decisions. It packs an emotional punch near the beginning, and things slowly get better and worse from there. There's a lot of unfair and rage-inducing things that happen to the main two characters (and to Salahudin's mother Misbah who has her own shorter POV chapters), but the book is really about how you get through that stuff - it's about love and loss and rage and forgiveness.