Another Great Novel From Ellen Hopkins

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Two twins separated by the foster care system finding their way back to each other. Doesn't help that Storm keeps getting locked up for various (valid) reasons. Lake lives with another family after the twins are separated due to a misconception. This book definitely has the usual amount of pain and suffering that Ellen's books promise us. You don't read these for a good time. I always read them as cautionary tales when I was a teen growing up. This one shows how hard it is for some teens especially those in the foster system.

I didn't like how glossed over the SA in the beginning once but then we go into the after details of it later and like that's what should've happened the first time? The two sides are missing parts of them idk if it was on purpose but it annoyed me

Storms story was believable but Lakes was all just peer pressure from Parker. We don't focus enough on her for being the second POV. It's all about her relationships with other people and I felt we glossed over parts of her story like with kit. It would've made the little twist with him and storm mean something but instead it was lackluster.

I also wish the title of Sync and their little twin sync came more into play. We touched on it in the very beginning but never again. We just watched them grow separately in their own ways but not much parallel or was felt on either end to me.

Why do we have to randomly bring up Covid? Out of nowhere just randomly mention it like yeah I guess it was part of history but was it really necessary to a plot we have never heard the current present year of?

THATS WHERE IT ENDS?? WHERES THE REST OF IT?? Fine take these three stars Ellen BUT I WILL BE DEMANDING AN ENDING WHEN WE MEET ONE DAY.