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"Tessa has just months to live. Fighting back against hospital visits, endless tests, and drugs with excruciating side effects, Tessa compiles a list. It's her To Do Before I Die list. And number one is Sex. Released from the constraints of "normal" life, Tessa tastes new experiences to make her feel alive while her failing body struggles to keep up. Tessa's feelings, her relationships with her father and brother, her estranged mother, her best friend, and her new boyfriend, are all painfully crystallized in the precious weeks before Tessa's time runs out."

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18% - the writing is pretty good, but the story itself is pretty gloomy, as it'd be expected

30% - I don't like her friend...

Up to chapter 23: (view spoiler)[ this is a bit dull, honestly. And a bit trippy. Tessa is getting a bit crazy, which is a bit understandable, but she is also risking other people's lives. (hide spoiler)]

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Chapter 9: (view spoiler)[It feels all so sad. She's not very optimistic, but then who would be if they were in her situation? I'm not sure which is going to be the main love interest, Jake or Adam, and I don't know who I want Tessa to be with at the moment. (hide spoiler)]

61% (view spoiler)[ She needs to think more about the consequences for everybody else. Her spouting on national radio that she has driven her dad's car without a permit, it's not a good thing! (hide spoiler)]

82% - really? The doctor's name is James Wilson? Just like in House?

Chapter 13 (view spoiler)[I'm happy that they were all able to get together as one family, even if it could be in better circumstances. I can't help but think of all that money they spent. I don't even want to know the total of it. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 19 (view spoiler)[I don't like Zoey. She seems so selfish. Don't friendships go first? Anyway, I kind of expected Tessa would get caught since she got a lot of stuff, but I hoped she wouldn't. Oh well. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 22 (view spoiler)[Their friendship is confusing. They make up one minute and then they're back to disagreeing. Sometimes, I wonder if they really are friends. But Tessa does have a point there, in a weird way. Life is too short for her. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 26 (view spoiler)[The end of the chapters seem cut off. Like the kiss and the radio talk. But I'm glad her dad and mom are getting together again. I wish them luck. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 32 (view spoiler)[Aww, they're so sweet. It's so cute. Her being sick doesn't even put a damper on their relationship. And Zoe's acting more like a friend now. I didn't expect the pregnancy, but it's a nice add-in. I think she became nicer after that. (hide spoiler)]

End (view spoiler)[ Now that's what you call true love there, Tessa and Adam. Even though she's on her deathbed, they still love each other. It's really so sweet. I like the way the last chapters are written too. I think it reflects on Tessa's condition.

I felt like I wanted more as I reached the end. (hide spoiler)]