I liked this book, but didn't love it. In some ways, it was too much of a hodgepodge of trendy focal points: beside the parallels to Antigone and an emphasis on poetry and astronomy, there was a blended family, a gay mothers family, a congenital disease, drug abuse, sexual abuse, survivor's guilt, dealing with depression, and a form of Stockholm Syndrome. Intersecting all of these plot strands is the relationship between Andria, her dead twin Iris, and Iris's former boyfriend Alex. Alex was in a different place mentally when he was Iris's boyfriend. Now he is attracted to Andria. And while he is somewhat radically and miraculously a new person now, and Andria is (apparently) quite different than Iris, it never clear why Alex is suddenly focused on Andria, except that she looks like Iris and to add romantic interest. There were things I liked though, such as Andria's character - her reactions to what was happening around her seemed very honest and believable. I suspect, however, that the relationship made all the more romantic by the poetry connection and looking at the stars will please many young adult readers. And it's a great cover!
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