I cannot adequately put into words how much I despise this book. The author wanted to write a "50 Shades of Grey" but without the sex, or an "Interview with a Vampire" but without the vampires. The writing lacks detail and is lazy. The author doesn't take rape, abuse, sexual assault, or drug/alcohol addiction seriously, making off-hand comments about them and seems to think they have no emotional/psychological/lasting impact on anyone.