Ever read a book and you just don't care what happens, you just want it to be over? This is so NOT one like that. I couldnt get to the end fast enough because I had to know what happened. I was almost late for work when I didn't want to stop reading and I am never late for work! Sara and her mother live a nightmare life with an abusive father whose abuse escalates after sara's brother Matt kills himself, although her father pretends Matt isn't dead and they have to all play along and have all the right answers or risk his rage. After Sara's mom disappears, all of her fathers targets are no longer there and she becomes his next victim. Although I didn't really want her mom to be dead, I was really hoping that that would be the only reason Sara would be left with her father. They made a plan to escape, but on that day something went wrong and her mom seemed to disappear. Was she dead or alive somewhere? If she isn't dead, how could she leave Sara with her rather knowing how is?After a while she fills her friend Zach into what is going on and there's a little Romance with a rebellious Alex who has things of his own going. She tries to protect him by letting him go but needs him. Would have made this a 4 1/2. Great book.