Pub. Date: August 6th, 2013
Publisher: Skyscrape/Amazon Pub.
341 pages
Paperback
First days of school are always stressful – but waking up to
find your lips are white for no apparent reason, blows Sep’s stress levels
through the roof. Diagnosed with Vitiligo, a skin pigmentation disorder, Sep
starts counting down the time she has before white spots sprout up all over her
body, brandishing her as a “freak”. Never the one to be worried about being in
a relationship, or being in love, Sep questions if she’ll ever have the chance
to experience these things once her appearance starts to change. Changing who
she is, using whomever in her quest to experience as much as possible while she
still looks “normal”, Sep’s grasp of herself both physically and emotionally, crashes.
Before she completely loses herself, Sep needs to learn how she can be
comfortable in her own skin – no matter what that skin looks like.
I really and truly felt for Sep. Not knowing what was going
on with her body and the fear that goes along with that, I found really
effectively portrayed. I thought the focus on Vitiligo, which affects your
appearance versus your health, was an interesting twist on novels that center
on illness. So much of the struggle that Sep faces is being able to look in the
mirror no matter what reflection is staring back at her, and learning to love
herself anyway. I felt her apocalyptic thinking that her life would shatter
