Review: Mixed feelings
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 31, 2013
I am somewhat conflicted about choosing a rating for this book. I just read the last sentence a second ago. I enjoyed the book immensely. It was smart and well-written. The characters were beautifully real and believably flawed. I have rarely felt so invested in a storyline. As I neared the end of the book, anxiously checking how much was left and wondering how it would all wrap up, I was actually disappointed that it would have to end. I was completely immersed in the story and the characters and the way their lives were unfolding, and while I desperately wanted to learn how it would all end, I really didn't want to stop reading about them.So imagine my utter shock when, just as some twists are revealed, the book just STOPS with a hugely lame "to be continued."  There was no warning whatsoever, no well-crafted pause for revelations to sink in, no reason for this abrupt halt. It's smack in the middle of a scene, for crying out loud!  I don't mind books that are written in a series, but this isn't a whole book, it's just a piece of one, that seems to stop at a completely arbitrary point in the middle of the action. To me it is lazy, underhanded and disrespectful to readers. I find that all my warm feelings about the book are being overshadowed by my anger at being duped into reading an incomplete story.My advice to potential readers is not to start this book until after the next installment is out. And even then, read the reviews first to see if anyone mentions another non-ending.