I thought the premise of the book was very good. A 14 year old girl wakes up one morning and her entire family is gone. The investigation turns up nothing and the story takes place twenty-five years later.
I also thought the narrative style was quite good. Even though the story was essentially about the […]

This was a strange book for me… although I liked the intimacy of the writing style, and the feeling of getting to know the character… I never came to like, nor care about, said character.
It was well written, however.

Read in one night, this is chick-lit that doesn’t appall me as much at others. I’d read the Undomestic Goddess by her, and still remember one scene that cracked me up, even though I don’t remember the plot.
But this one? Not quite as funny. There were some clever bits, and some characters that amused me… […]

I can’t help but like Harold Robbins… sometimes he’s ridiculously raunchy, but mostly, he writes about sex in a way that doesn’t offend me. He doesn’t talk about swords and sheaths, which really, I appreciate. Also? His characters don’t get happily […]

I liked the characters enough that I didn’t mind their silly antics and predictable plot.