Review: Bummer Ending, but Great Middle Section
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 11, 2012
At first I cracked this open, and though it would be the standard "sister pulls fast one to get younger sister The Man." I was completely ready to stop reading it about a third of the way through. But then it started to morph on me. And then I thought that it was the standard "slut up to get The Man" plot. And I was ready to stop reading halfway through. And then it took on a spy-thriller turn and then I stopped thinking that I knew where it was going and figured I'd finish it.I though that from halfway-through to about two-fifths of the way through, that this book consistently delivered punches just as I was getting comfortable with my newest theory, especially as it morphed into a metaplot where the whole book became an exercise in volte face, a dating technique that is crucial to the plot.I won't lie, though, this book train wrecked in the last few chapters. Made NO sense whatsoever and lost me entirely. It was a huge letdown after what had been probably the single best lead-up I've read in an independently published novel.