Author: Morgan Matson
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Year of Publication: 2014
Summary: It was Sloane who yanked Emily out of her shell and made life 100% interesting. But right before what should have been the most epic summer, Sloane just…disappears. All she leaves behind is a to-do list.
On it, thirteen Sloane-inspired tasks that Emily would normally never try. But what if they could bring her best friend back?
Apple picking at night? Okay, easy enough.
Dance until dawn? Sure. Why not?
Kiss a stranger? Um...
Emily now has this unexpected summer, and the help of Frank Porter (totally unexpected), to check things off Sloane's list. Who knows what she’ll find?
Go skinny-dipping? Wait...what?
Review: There are very few things in my life that I am sure of. In fact, I could count them on one hand. But right now, the easiest to put my finger on, and in my opinion, the one with the most unshakable truth, the one that makes sense in any universe - well ordered, or otherwise - was that Sloane loved Emily.
And not just that... Emily, in turn, loved Sloane.
Sure, as friends, but deeper than that too. I think at different points they both realised it - how much they truly cared for each other, how far that love went - but were unable, or unwilling to admit it.
In any universe - well ordered or otherwise - Emily and Sloane are together.
Best friends, girlfriends, wives. Whatever. All I know is that they stay together, in any combination, in any future, and in any universe.
Since You've Been Gone was beautifully written, well crafted, and deserves no less than four and a half stars with a solid rounding to five.
Rating 5/5 stars
★★★★★
