This was convoluted and silly.

I was going to give this book two stars, but I honestly can't think of anything that I actually enjoyed in this mess. There are just so many contrivances and a suspension of disbelief that bordered on ludicrous.

The first half of this book is one repetitive scene after the other. Nothing much really happens. The past storyline is mildly interesting, but the present-day investigation is boring and Seraphine is inept and at times more concerned with the guy she likes and some teenage drama than actually figuring out what is going on.

Once things are actually revealed, it is drawn out and tedious. It's not like she finds out what happened piece by piece throughout the story leading up to a huge twisty secret. The entire story is laid out over the course of the last third of the book in what is basically one scene interspersed with several flashbacks. Every flashback reveals a piece of the puzzle, then it switches back to the present-day timeline, then a character has a question or an assumption, then there's another flashback that reveals another tiny part, and so on. It's incredibly repetitive and boring. And the 'twist' is really lame. It's predictable and at the same time ridiculous.

I've watched a lot of soap operas in my day, and never seen twins used to this extent. Everyone is a f$&@ing twin and it's absolutely absurd.

I don't want to spend any more time thinking about this dumpster fire, so I'm going to just leave it at that.