This book took me by complete surprise. I went into relatively blank as I didn’t want to be spoiled as to what this book was going to be about, so when the main event happened, so even the prologue took me by surprise. I enjoy the feeling of going into a book completely blank and uncovering everything while you’re reading it, whether that’s good or bad. Sometimes descriptions and trailers give too much away. But what I’m about to says in the description, but I’ll try not to give spoilers.

The story follows Air (Ariadne) and Christopher and their journey and story after the plane, UKFlyer0217 from Heathrow has gone missing. Both of them have someone on that flight, or think they have someone on that flight as Air goes into complete denial. She goes on a journey of her own, as she booked a completely different flight for her brother Blake, so why did he get on this flight? Still holding on hope that he got on the flight she booked for him and he got confused and sent her the wrong details. Christopher however, knows his dad was on the flight, as his dad was the pilot and he keeps seeing his face popping up everywhere.


This book was so beautifully written and with the imagery it described. There were moments of pure bliss and peacefulness, then you’d remember what this book was about. There were times I'd find myself chuckling. It was done so well. To look at these two characters, barely 17/18 years old and how they deal with such events. It was gripping and had me hooked. It’s such a delicate subject, death always is and it was done perfectly.


It was an emotional read because of how realistic it is. There are scenes that I just won’t forget, especially when Air finally gets to the wedding and after the eclipse. There’s one scene in-particular that just got me, which I want share because of spoilers, that made me feel bad for Christopher and brought me back to the prologue and how he’ll never know.


Must read! It's being published on the 18th April 2019 and I definitely and highly recommend it. I hope this isn't her only novel.

Air's job has always been to wrangle her older brother, and this weekend is the most important mission of all; get him to their sister's wedding in time to sing the song he composed for her. But he's taken the wrong plane, and as she waits in the airport rumours start circulating; the plane went down. It's crashed into the sea. No survivors.

Determined to prove he wasn't on it, she starts out for the airport he was supposed to arrive at. Accompanied by a teenage boy who also has a relative on the missing flight, she crosses America in a desperate bid to save the wedding.


Road trip books are always strange for me; they're almost all set in a America, and I have only a very hazy idea of America's geography, so I never really know if the trip described is long, short, difficult or anything else. This one, though, very effectively conveys the sort of numb panic that sets in when there's literally nothing to do but keep moving forward. I did get a little confused about the timing...I was sure several days had passed in the car, but then someone comments that it all happened two days ago, but it can't have been that long. I was probably thrown off by the fact that the characters are sleeping at odd times and driving over date lines a couple of times.

I enjoyed this read very much and will look forward to selling it.