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You will probably hear this a lot from me. I picked this book because I liked the cover. I was intrigued by the "a love story". I have read a lot of murder type books and was beginning to have weird dreams about being chased by crazy psychos. Doesn't help that I am a crime show junkie as well. I picked this as the next read hoping for a love story but boy was I surprised. I should mention that I seldomly read the backs of books. That may seem strange but that is how I roll.From Barnes and Noble
For eighteen years the Hartes and the Golds have lived next door to each other, sharing everything from Chinese food to chicken pox to carpool duty - they've grown so close it seems they have always been a part of each other's lives. Parents and children alike have been best friends - so it's no surprise that in high school Chris and Emily's friendship blossoms into something more. They've been soul mates since they were born.
So when midnight calls from the hospital come in, no one is ready for the appalling truth: Emily is dead at seventeen from a gunshot wound to the head. There's a single unspent bullet in the gun that Chris took from his father's cabinet - a bullet that Chris tells police he intended for himself. But a local detective has doubts about the suicide pact that Chris has described. As its chapters unfold, alternating between an idyllic past and an unthinkable present, "The Pact" paints an indelible portrait of families in anguish... culminating in an astonishingly suspenseful courtroom drama as Chris finds himself on trial for murder.
My Review:
Jodi Picoult is my all-time favorite author. Nineteen minutes was my absolute favorite book by her. This book was right up there with it. I could not put it down from the very first page. I don't want to say to much without giving anything away so I am going to leave it at, I really LOVED this book!
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