Without Merit

Colleen Hoover is the author of Without Merit. This book is a coming-of-age story about Merit Voss. Merit lives in a former church with her father, step-mother, elder siblings, and six year old half brother. Her mother lives in the basement having developed agoraphobia after treatment for cancer. Merit decides to drop out of high school and no one seems to notice. She has an older (identical twin) sister who appears to have a preference to date boys who are terminally ill. She meets Sagan at a thrift store. He thinks she is Merit's older sister and he gives Merit a kiss. The plot line develops slowly at first but then takes off which makes this book a good read.