Nobody But Us discussion

I think readers will find each of those concepts in the book Nobody But Us depending on what they want or hope to read, but I'm still unsure as to what the intention of this story might be.
What I do know is that in the book Nobody But Us is a strong debate , and teens horrible circumstances which they have to handle.
It is told in perspectives from the point of view of WIll and Zoe. Will has just turned 18 and aged out of the foster care system. Now legally an adult and Will hopes to escape his dead end , small North Dakota town with his girlfriend. Zoe is younger, 15, and flees with WIll to escape her violent father. The pair sets out on a road trip, destined for Las Vegas where they hope to blend into the city and remake their lives.
Before I knew escape, life was something to be endured, passively. Now I hunger for it.
Except running from the past is a hard thing.
Zoe and Will run afoul of the law before they even bust out of town. Will severely beats Zoe's father who tries to stop his daughter from leaving. And, Will has a secret about the money he's brought along.
Both Will and Zoe and broken, unhappy teens. It's easy to see how their relationship became so intense so quickly--they cling to one another because they have no one else. Naturally, this sort of attachment, which is spurred on by loneliness and isolation, doesn't have the healthiest foundation.
Will is incredibly protective of Zoe. He wants to shelter her from everything and doesn't fully understand the line between caring and something unhealthy.
We sit next to each other in the booth. Her leg presses against mine and I feel it in every bone in my body. I clear my throat and pick up the menu. Someday she’s gonna figure out what she does to me. Pretty soon I’m gonna let her know what she does to me.
Zoe Is a book smart girl, but she's been sheltered from the world and lives with intense fear, due to her father's abuse , because of this her decision-making and ability to communicate with or even understand what she wants and how she feeling emotionally younger than other 15 year olds.
Will's inability despite his best attempts to control his emotions scares Zoe. The glitches in their plan and it's a terrible, terrible plan of the sort that only teenagers could conceive open up and the stakes get higher and higher.
Thanks to Zoe's ability to communicate what she needs and Will's tendency to overreact and respond inappropriately to conflict, a crime is committed which results in the two being on the run, and their dangerous road trip becomes a doomed escape attempt in which their criminal activity continues.
Nobody But Us is not a happy book.
The resolution for these characters isn't what I'd hoped though it is what it should be. The thing that makes this novel distinctive is it's unhealthy look their relationship .
There's no redemption for these characters, and without treading into spoiler territory, the ending is staying true to her broken, naive characterization .
It's unfortunate that some of the early marketing and reviews labeled Nobody But Us as "romantic" and "for fans of If I Stay." If a reader approached this novel as a read alike for If I Stay, they would be disappointed. That novel contains a very strong theme around the idea of the transformative power of love.
That's not the case of Nobody But Us. Rather, then what happens in when everyone family, friends, school, fails young people and their desperation throws them into situations they cannot handle.