Overall I thought it was just okay at best. If I had not read some of her other books, I would not do so now. All of the demolition stuff bored me after a bit. The mystery of the cause of the problems seemed obvious. I did not like Kate, her mother, her father or her friends. The only one I liked was Donovan and I felt bad for liking an abusive guy. I was happy that the retelling of the violence was not too detailed or too violent. I have read much worse in "Romance" novels and was led to believe that this one was difficult to read. While I think no one should put up with being hit even one time and should definitely not feel shame as though they were the cause of the violence, I think that the way this story was written one could believe that Donovan was no longer dangerous. Kate seemed to come from a pretty messed up family and I almost felt that the reformed Donovan deserved better. In the end I just didn't care about any of them.