Was it a book for young adults? Was it a women's fiction novel? Was it a contemporary mystery? At times, it was all of those things - but was never great at any of them. I couldn't work out what it was meant to be, what genre it fit into. I think the biggest problem I had with this book was that it seemed to have an identity problem. I mean, just look at that beautiful cover - doesn't that just scream "READ ME!!!!"? I was really looking forward to this book, had such high expectations for it. As the community stages vigils and searches, Claire, Meredith’s mother, is torn between relief that her daughter is alive and helplessness over her inability to protect or even comfort her child. Then the man orders Lisa Bellow to stand and come with him, leaving Meredith behind.Īfter Lisa’s abduction, Meredith spends most days in her room. The minutes tick inexorably by, and Meredith lurches between comforting the sobbing Lisa and imagining her own impending death. (I received a free copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.)Ī masked man with a gun enters a sandwich shop in broad daylight, and Meredith Oliver suddenly finds herself ordered to the filthy floor, where she cowers face to face with her nemesis, Lisa Bellow, the most popular girl in her eighth grade class.
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