Maybe more of a 3.5, but I like to round up. This was one that I wasn't sure if I wanted to pick up. The publisher sent it to me without me requesting it, so often I won't read it if it doesn't sound good. But I did pick it up and get sucked into it pretty quickly. However, it didn't hold up all the way through to impress me as much as I'd thought it would based on the beginning. I will say that it was a very unique story, even with all the obvious things you have in stories that frustrate me, even while I know they are used in stories to add the drama. I think this definitely had some surprises in it with what happened with Ben. Things that we weren't really given a clear view of even when we got chapters from his point of view. Definitely the way it ended was a bit of a surprise, but in what I think is a good way for characters of this age to get a story. I won't say what happened, because it is worth a read for you if it sounds good to you, and I would want you to discover it naturally as the author intended as reading.