This book ended on a serious subject matter that wasn't explored with in the novel at all. Never mind the fact that nothing through out this book makes you think this (Not until ten pages before. At that point it wasn't a shock anymore) Though it made the story turn in a new direction it left a bad taste in my mouth. The writing was amazing and the plot had a lot of potential but fell short. I felt like there were chunks of information that where vital to the story were missing or skimmed over. Max only made breif sense through out the whole novel and it isn't until you are close to the end does anything involving him actually add up. It was all really frustrating. Sigh, I was really excited for this one too.