You get pulled into this storyline and don't want it to end. There was a little bit of it, but the book centered on the numbers and for good reason. I found myself not wanting to put this book down and for good reason - I had to know! I could not stand her mother and liked that this book wasn't a romance book. Maddie tries to save people with their dates but is unable to and we are taken on a beautifully written story of her trying to do that. I cannot even imagine living with a gift/curse like this. You feel bad for her, glad, sad, angry and everything else. This author gives us a wonderfully written tale of Maddie and everything she feels and you feel it with her. She is someone you will root for from the first page. We are taken on her journey of her father's death and the meaning of those numbers. I loved that Maddie could read the dates of people's deaths which she didn't even realize until her father passed away.
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