I think we're just beginning to understand the prevalence and extent of PTSD. Those who don't understand the effects, whether they're suffering from it, or involved with a sufferer, often have great difficulty dealing with those effects. In this story, Charlotte is far from in touch with them, even while working with a therapist, but getting her to have any objectivity about her responsibility, or lack thereof, for her boyfriend's death in a car accident, is harder than pulling elephant teeth.
There are plenty of conflicting things Charlotte has to deal with; a possible new romance, eerie happenings in her bedroom, threatening texts from her dead boyfriend's phone, an angst-filled best friend, plus parents who aren't really listening to her. There are also other players who may or may not have had something going on with the dead boyfriend.
While it's not terribly difficult to figure out who's trying to drive Charlotte over the edge, how that person tries to end everything, coupled with what caused the eeriness in her room, make for a compelling story. ( )

The idea of a girl's dead boyfriend haunting her hooked me right away.

Charlotte's putting the pieces of her life back together after Jerry's drunk driving death. She's seeing a therapist, dealing with her insomnia by texting a classmate, Nate, and starting to see her friends again. But one big secret seems to be keeping her from fully healing: no one knows Jerry was hurting her.

Charlotte's determined to keep it that way, until weird things start to convince her that Jerry might not be fully gone. Mementos that she'd boxed up start showing up in unexpected places. Her room goes supernaturally cold at times. And someone's stalking her and texting her from Jerry's old phone, claiming to be him. When they start threatening her, Charlotte finally begins to open up to the people in her life. But the threats keep her unsure of who she can really trust.

This is a page-turner. Once I started reading, I couldn't put it down. It has a great cast of characters, too, all of whom could be potential suspects. There's Ian, Charlotte's platonic best friend, who has her back no matter what. Nate, the quirky insomniac who knows how to make her laugh. Brittany, who might have been flirting with Jerry. Gabe, the boy Charlotte dumped for Jerry, who hopes it's his chance to win her back. Lori, who resents Charlotte for disappearing after Jerry's death and is mourning the breakup of her own relationship. Sandy, Jerry's hurting, angry little sister. Or could it be the ghost of Jerry, coming back to keep his promise to never let her go? With all of the twists and turns, this book kept me guessing who the stalker could be!

Combining paranormal aspects with Charlotte's PTSD from an abusive relationship created an interesting psychological thriller that speaks to the fear of not being safe in your own home. ( )