This book was very interesting. At first I didn't think I was going to like it at all. I have a difficult time connecting with books where almost all the characters are so unlikable. And really, this family was a mess. But there is something about this book that kept me invested through to the end.
I am late to the party where this book is concerned, so I'd heard vague things about it over the years, but nothing concrete. That being said, I found myself on the lookout for any twists or reveals that may occur, and I do think that may have affected my enjoyment of the book because I was trying to figure it out the whole time. Also, when the truth begin Cady's accident was finally revealed (not a spoiler, it's in the synopsis that she had some sort of accident) I felt a little underwhelmed by it because I was waiting for it.

Also, I just have to say that Cady's grandfather, mother, and aunts are about the most wretched people I've ever read about. The manipulations they force on their children in order to gain money and/or power is absolutely disgusting.

I really enjoyed the structure of this story. When I first began reading, I felt like the pacing was a little jerky and halting, but it makes sense when that it would be a little uneven because we are taking in this narrative from someone who is experiencing memory loss. I really liked the way the author was able to really put us in Cady's thoughts. I also loved the fact that Cady is a fleshed-or character. She is not perfect, by any stretch. She is, in fact, an admitted liar. It was nice to read about a character with real flaws that you still want to root for.

One of my absolute favorite things in this book was how the author used fairy tales to impart lessons and reveal character flaws of her side characters. I looked forward to each of those sections because it told us about the Grandfather and Aunties without being a boring expositional story about things that occurred in the past.

My one complaint is that sometimes the dialogue and word choice seemed in-authentic. I don't want to get too into specifics, because of possible spoilers, but there are several instances where the teenage characters will have a conversation and just say things that don't sound like something a teenager would say. I also had an irrationally annoyed reaction at all of the kids calling their mothers 'Mummy'. Now, maybe this is some East-Coast, rich-person thing I don't understand, but I've never heard an American teenager refer to his/her mother as 'Mummy'...at least, not in the recent past. And there were times that the dialogue seemed either too low-energy or too high-energy for the situation. Although, I suppose some of that can be explained away using Cady's memory issues as an excuse...

At the end of the day, I will definitely pick up more from this author. I feel like she has a lot of promise.