The Ghosts We Keep

This was a real bummer of a book but is a good take on grief as well as gender issues with high school age kids. While I didn't have to deal with any of these issues personally, Deaver portrays these things in a really believable way that it was easy to relate to the characters. As with a lot of high school-aged characters I read, as I get older, these characters aren't always easy to like. Liam/Lee, the main protagonist, is very self-absorbed and confused about who they are and want to be, while having the idea that they already know everything they need to. Their friends are also the same. I liked Marcus the best and really felt for him, and Deaver did a good job making him believable as a few years older than Liam. He's going through a lot of the same things as Liam but on an entirely different level, and Liam isn't the most empathetic character.
Overall, a definite recommend to younger readers going through a loss while coming to terms with who they are but I'm definitely not the intended audience.