by April Genevieve Tucholke
Violet White and her twin brother, Luke, have been on their own for a while even though they aren't yet seniors in high school. Their parents have gone off to be artists in Europe. Their grandmother died a few years back. And while their family used to be the second richest in town, they are now barely holding on to their dilapidated mansion and looking for someone to rent their guesthouse just so that they can afford groceries.
In walks River West.
He's got money. He's got a good story. And he's everything Violet never knew she always wanted.
He's also very dangerous.
He has secrets and those secrets are deadly.
Violet must decide how far she's willing to go to find out the truth before the truth finds her.
Final thoughts: This thing is messy. The cover is really the only thing that it all has going for it. River is just a horrible, horrible person and the fact that Violet can't seem to decide how she feels about him is just annoying. There is a complete lack of plot here and a number of things that don't add up. Tucholke has all these characters who just happened to be linked in funky ways and those ways are revealed with stupid contrivances. Hidden letters? Really? Ugh. Yet another first in a series that I won't be reading the rest of.
Rating: 1/5
No comments:
Post a Comment