Point of View

For the most part, the narrative is told from the first-person perspective of three different characters: Milly, Aubrey, and Jonah. Several chapters are told from the third-person perspective of a teenage Allison. The different perspectives allow the reader to follow the thoughts, actions, and events that affect each character and see the cause and effect outcomes of these events. It is fitting that the cousins tell their own story in the first person because they are in the present experiencing events that will influence their view of themselves and the world. Readers see their growth through their individual perspectives. On the other hand, the purpose of Allison’s teenage perspective is to tell a story that readers are more removed from because it happened in the past. The shift in the point of views alerts readers of the shift between the past and the present...