The cast of characters, Dawson, Hugo, Joe, Kaitlyn, Sasha and Velvet all end up in a lift which is where a delivery guy drops down dead suddenly as they're stuck in the lift together when the emergency stop button has been pressed by one of them. Following news reports about the incident as it happens at a broadcasting house building in Manchester's Media City.
The book follows them all year by year as they keep in touch and meet back up and we learn of all their dramas what have happened to each other, together we see a part of that year as a chapter from each characters perspective then also a narrator too and we learn how each of them has serious issues to deal with from sexuality, pregnancy, parents health worries, money worries, going blind, coping with loss, guilt and of course just maturing and learning about yourself too. The usual up and down of life is thoroughly shown in a truthful and emotional way.
The characters are all so different and over the course of the novel really come to appreciate each other despite the difference between them all. All the authors writing works well combined as they all write YA books and have a feel for the typical teen voice. I loved it, for sure it's a novel to be celebrated and the hype around this book has been well deserved indeed.
I am also excited after the announcement on twitter of which author wrote which character as you could guess but not be sure and now we know, did you guess right?
Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!
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