Even for a YA title, the letters never get above luke-warm.
I suspect those letters fascinate us not because their writers told us the plot, but showed us something about humanity, emotions like love and desire. There have been a great many letters saved from history between lovers that tell interesting stories. The writing is at times very beautiful, and the characters are wonderfully fleshed out (thanks to excellent narrators), but they never really jumped off the page for me and I think that is because of the way Henstra chose to tell this particular story. Every letter, or most, becomes more about moving the plot forward than being a genuine heart-felt moment of revelation or discovery. The format of the story, ie: letters, really dilutes the story overall.
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