Win Winters is certain he will change. He can feel it in his bones, a certainty that he's felt every time the moon waxes towards full, but it never manifests, frustrating him, and starting the countdown to the next full moon yet again. But when he accompanies a new student, Jordan, to the weekly party in the woods outside of his posh boarding school, he finds himself remembering the fateful summer he turned ten and the events that took place that led him to a broken family and the issues he has been barely dealing with since.
I went into this book not sure what to expect, or even really sure what it was about. The info on the inside flap didn't give me much more to work with, only the hint that something awful had happened to Win, and that the story would deal with it. But as I read, I realized I was okay with the lack of knowledge, willing to let Win tell his story. Told in alternating chapters, Win reconnects with his former roommate and friend, Lex, who knows some of Win's backstory, after going with new girl Jordan to the party in the woods. Lex has some healthy skepticism about Win's belief that he will change, but as Win remembers that summer when he was ten, it becomes clear that Win believes this as a way to cope with what really happened to him and his brother and sister, and how that caused them to make a pretty drastic and horrible decision. This is definitely one of those books that should come with a trigger warning (if you are at all familiar with that phrase and what types of things it precedes, that should give you an idea of what we're dealing with), and like those books, the story is more about Win coming to some sort of revelation that will help him move on, but doesn't focus too much on the aftermath. Definitely a story that deals with some heavy issues, and not for everyone.
(Read as part of YALSA's Hub Challenge.)
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