so she goes back to truly, idaho to learn the truth about her mother's murder...there is innuendo throughout the book about maybe it wasn't as cut and dried as it appeared and in the end there is nothing...the author doesn't even really resolve all of those pieces

I have to admit I felt the first 3/4 of this OK was just OK. I was not thinking I would read the next book in the series. The end of the book hooked me though. I just wish the hook had come earlier cause for me it changed the impact of the book.

I never felt like I engaged with the story or the characters. The 12 year old was a brat which I know a lot of 12 year olds are but considering all that happened in the story I was hoping for some growth for her but she was as self focused at the end of the story as she was at the end. The husband told his wife he didn't love her and then wondered why she didn't write to him while she was in Iraq. What was he expecting and why couldn't he come down off of his high horse to write to her, to reach out to her, to put someone else's needs above his own? I liked the main character until she was hurt and then she refused help at every turn. I was losing my sympathy for her.

Side note: I didn't like the reader for this audio book. Some of her voices set my teeth on edge particularly that of Lulu. Maybe she isn't good at children voices?

I liked it but I do have to wonder why the heroine's in a lot of Nora's books have mom issues.

It moved very quickly.

I will say that the date/time listing were hard to keep straight on the audio.

Although I found it interesting I also think it could have been at least 100 pages shorter. Rehashing. Rehashing. Rehashing.

A good quick sports read.

Went quickly. Still struggling with following the timeline in the audio format.

Nice novel in verse.

Nice novel in verse for a girl who doesn't like verse. :-)