Originally posted at The Wandering Fangirl.

Touted as the YA version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, I had many expectations going in to Dark Eyes. While the novel met them, it was a little tougher to suspend disbelief with Wally, our heroine. She’s a runaway, plagued with anger issues since she was a child, and apparently running away from a mother who loves her unconditionally makes sense? Wally stumbles into a plot that leads her on a chase for her birth mother, while trying to avoid dangerous characters who are also looking for her.

It was an intriguing and easy read, but it felt at times that Wally’s leaps of logic when she finds clues are a bit too much. I know she’s smart and the mystery revolves around her and the places it takes her emotionally, but my suspension of disbelief can only go so far.