Review: Bland characters, bland story.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 09 28, 2012
I'm the type that will stay up hours later than I should, with work the next morning, just because I can't bear to stop reading. I didn't lose any sleep over this one. The Characters didn't inspire any emotion, the story bounced around and it felt more like trudging through a book than reading.*Minor Spoiler Alerts Below* (though most of this could be figured out by reading the description)I just couldn't muster up much feeling for any of the characters, and despite the missing child storyline, it didn't tug at my heart strings. I can't imagine hopping into bed with a stranger if my only child was missing. The fact that she did exactly that is probably what made it hard to sympathize with her. The back and forth about whether or not she trusted, liked or wanted to sleep with Stafford got really old, really fast. The "connection" between the two didn't come through in the story, instead it felt like the Author was trying to push that emotion onto the reader, instead of naturally eliciting those feelings through the writing.Stafford's sister was killed by a serial murderer/pedophile. He then spends most of his adult life chasing him down. After all this build up, when he hears that the sicko is back, he does absolutely nothing. It was as if there was going to be a glorious take-down with Maggie and Stafford working together to stop the bad guy after her son is home safe. Nope. Instead, the story just drops off completely. No resolution, no explanation. Talk about a lackluster ending.