I really did enjoy this book. It was an easy, compelling read, and I finished it in a few days (though that may have been due to necessity given that I'm hosting a discussion on it in 3 days).

However, I wasn't blown away. I can't quite put my finger on what was missing for me. Maybe it felt slightly anti-climatic...or maybe it's that, once the ball got rolling, while there were some surprising and moving moments, there wasn't anything that stood out as particularly clever. I think Monique's character wasn't dealt with in as much depth to make me really care for her (nor were many of the other characters, bar a couple), but then again, that would have been incredibly hard to pull off alongside Evelyn. 

All in all, a decent, enjoyable read.