Goodreads Synopsis:
Alys’s whole world was comprised of the history project that was due, her upcoming violin audition, being held tightly in the arms of her boyfriend, Ben, and laughing with her best friend, Delilah. At least it was—until she found herself on the wrong end of a shotgun in the school library. Her suburban high school had become one of those places you hear about on the news—a place where some disaffected youth decided to end it all and take as many of his teachers and classmates with him as he could. Except, in this story, that youth was Alys’s own brother, Luke. He killed fifteen others and himself, but spared her—though she’ll never know why.
Alys’s downward spiral begins instantly, and there seems to be no bottom. A heartbreaking and beautifully told story.

My Review:
I absolutely loved this book. I got it at chapters because I liked the cover and the description sounded like it would be interesting and way different than anything else I've read lately, and it sucked me into the story immediately. I don't regret buying it at all and am so glad I got to read it.
It's about this girl Alys, and her brother Luke, and their family's life after a school shooting. It's something you don't really want to think about because you hear it happening on the news but I was really interested in it for those reasons exactly. It starts off with Alys studying like any other day in the library. And just by being there, at the right place at the right time, her life is changed forever. She's haunted by what she saw and there's tons of flashbacks in the book. She just has to pick herself up and put herself back together, save herself.
The characters seem realistic and act their age, I didn't feel too old reading this book. It's so exciting and I really just couldn't put it down once I picked it up. I just kept saying, okay, one more chapter. And before I knew it, it was over. I'm so glad I read it though and I think you should check it out if you haven't yet.
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Powerful

While this kept my attention, the writing felt a little forced - way too flowery for a teen point of view. A look at the aftermath of a school shooting/suicide from the family of the shooter. ( )

The viewpoint was entirely unique, which is why I chose to read it. The first 3/4 of the book was completely absorbing, sad, and it made you think. The end was kind of blegh. The parts where the main character talked about her violin playing were unbelievable and brought me out of the story, but overall I liked. ( )