Review: Slamming Doors, Needless Secrets and Stupid Tantrums
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 19, 2013
There was just enough creepiness to keep me reading even though I could pretty much guess what was going to happen. There is a cute boy (Lee) that the main character (Sam) is mysteriously drawn to but whose best friend (Becky) is obsessed with and wants Sam to keep her hands off.  She does try...I was really enjoying this story and getting all involved in the characters when it started going downhill at chapter eleven.  There was a great mystery of who kidnapped the children, where Elliott was now, and how messed up life had become since the abduction.  But then Sam starts throwing tantrums and Lee refuses to communicate anything and the story just becomes too juvenile for words, which is a real pity as I was really enjoying it.  By the end, I was disgusted with Sam's attitude and actions, was confused by the way it ended abruptly and felt that Lee was an idiot for not revealing more to Sam sooner.  Did I mention the ending was silly?  It doesn't really end since it has two more volumes that continue the story.  Please.  I would have had to like the characters to want to keep going, and I didn't.So good mystery, fun writing, great characters and secret romance then a bunch of tantrums and unlikeable characters slamming doors and keeping needless secrets.  I am sorry that this story took a wrong turn as I was really enjoying it there for a while.  Thankfully, it was a free download.