The Catastrophic History of You And Me by Jess Rothenberg

Rating: 4- Would recommend it to everyone
PLOT:

Brie's life ends at sixteen: Her boyfriend tells her he doesn't love her, and the news breaks her heart--literally. 

But now that she's D&G (dead and gone), Brie is about to discover that love is way more complicated than she ever imagined. Back in Half Moon Bay, her family has begun to unravel. Her best friend has been keeping a secret about Jacob, the boy Brie loved and lost--and the truth behind his shattering betrayal. And then there's Patrick, Brie's mysterious new guide and resident Lost Soul...who just might hold the key to her forever after. 

With Patrick's help, Brie will have to pass through the five stages of grief before she's ready to move on. But how do you begin again, when your heart is still in pieces?

Why didnt movies ever thought of this concept before? Literally dying of a broken heart... because of being heartbroken. Oh the pun. But The Catastrophic History of You and Me not only gave justice to that idea but also succeded in breaking my own heart for Brie, and mending it up again.Romance, betrayal, bestfriends and boyfriends, these are the typical ingredients for any teenage novels, yet I was still surprised at the twists Rothenberg gave the story. 

First, we all knew from the first pages that it when Jacob broke up with Brie, he killed her, but then you can't help to actually like him a bit since there were flashbacks of how the popular girl Brie fell in love with him in the most sincere, honest way.

But then again you will come to hate him once more when Brie comes back as a ghost weeks after she died and saw Jacob in a party talking to his friends about being with some other girl.

Oh the heartbreak again. Then she also saw her family falling apart, since her mother and brother are depressed, then she saw her dad's other woman, her best friend was also betraying her. Plus the only living creature who could see her was her dog. She also has an also dead companion called Patrick to whom she is falling for but their relationship degrades later on. 

So near yet so far, So sad yet so sweet. If Brie were alive she would die all over again. How much could a dead teenager would take?

In all of this, there are funny parts and Patrick's constant jokes with Brie helps to lighten up things. With all the lessons you could learn and the easy way a reader could relate to Brie, this novel is truly worth reading (but be ready for a diverse offers of emotions)