Book Review: Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay

I live in a world without magic or miracles. A place where there are no clairvoyants or shapeshifters, no angels or superhuman boys to save you. A place where people die and music disintegrates and things suck. I am pressed so hard against the earth by the weight of reality that some days I wonder how I am still able to lift my feet to walk.
Former piano prodigy Nastya Kashnikov wants two things: to get through high school without anyone learning about her past and to make the boy who took everything from her—her identity, her spirit, her will to live—pay.
Josh Bennett’s story is no secret: every person he loves has been taken from his life until, at seventeen years old, there is no one left. Now all he wants is be left alone and people allow it because when your name is synonymous with death, everyone tends to give you your space.

Everyone except Nastya, the mysterious new girl at school who starts showing up and won’t go away until she’s insinuated herself into every aspect of his life. But the more he gets to know her, the more of an enigma she becomes. As their relationship intensifies and the unanswered questions begin to pile up, he starts to wonder if he will ever learn the secrets she’s been hiding—or if he even wants to.

I've had my eye out for this book for awhile before I just decided to put it on hold rather than wait. I'd say it was worth the wait. Different than what I was expecting but good.
It wasn't really a book that I can gush over or say that I can totally relate to the characters; it was just a good book. 
It was written really well and despite being confusing in the beginning, it turned out wonderfully. 
I loved the ending. It made sense and it was really cute. It also made a scene in the beginning make a hell of a lot more sense. I remember reading it in the beginning thinking that maybe she was just crazy or that it was a weird mess-up. It makes sense in the end! I like when books do that.
It was sad, so if you don't like sad, don't read it. Or at least read with caution. It was exactly sad, it deals with hard topics that make the characters sad and because it's written well, it makes the reader sad as well. It's not the whole story but rather an aspect of it. The whole book doesn't revolve around this one event, it revolves around the characters that the event happened to. 
It had sad moments, funny moments, cute moments and everything else. 
I liked the nickname "Sunshine"- that was adorable. Their banter was so much fun to read, the relationship between Nastya and the boys was great and didn't turn into a love triangle (THANK GOD). It was just a nice friendship. Take note: You can have relationships like that without turning romantic. There is a thing called platonic. 
It was a nice read and would recommend to anyone, really. 

Read: February 2015
My Rating: 4.5 stars / 5 stars