Review: Under-performs
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 11 7, 2013
This is a long, drawn out story of a spoiled little rich girl who has a conscience, her family and friends who do not, and a wonderful boy who is better than all of them combined.The story is told in the first person through the eyes of Maura, the heroin. I found the story to be a very frustrating one to read. Marua is nice enough, but she never stands up for Nate, she just goes along with the crowd and worries too much about pleasing her parents and their social circle, hurting the only person who really loves her in the process. She seems monumentally stupid sometimes, conveniently failing to see her family's shortcomings. Likewise, she is incapable of seeing and believing in the love Nate has for her and of acting on it when she does. "I can't" seems an appropriate epithet for her tombstone someday.The author does a great job of making Nate a very likable, believable character, which only adds to the reader's frustration. I sincerely hope that Charlotte is not the snobbish, cynical society portrayed here.