Review: Engaging!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 30, 2012
When youngster Camel, walked in on a strange man having an altercation with her mother inside her home, she is quickly ushered out and told to take her younger sister Polly to the neighborhood fair and stay until she is called back home.But at the fair, all Polly can talk about is ice cream and Carmel wants to go on a ride which Polly is too young for.Carmel makes a quick selfish decision that unbeknownst to her will end up being the biggest mistake of her life!! Meanwhile back at home, events are reaching distressing levels, and upon Carmel's return her family's life will never be the same as she is faced with a question she cannot answer, "What happened to Polly?"Suspenseful, intriguing, and emotional, as Carmel is put through a deep emotional ringer that author Jennifer Hanning did a great job of portraying! The story spans a number of years and we see the changes in the sisters' personalities as the time moved on, and how guilt played a big part of their adult lives. I wondered about the father, as very little was revealed of what he truly thought of the situation with his wife and daughters.Carmel's boyfriend's invention was a little over the top, but it fit in with the story and worked.This is one of those books you'll get emotionally involved in and will want to cut to the end to see if all turns out OK but yet; you won't want the story to end.Bravo Jennifer Hanning, I totally enjoyed this story!A recommended read!!