I don't know how to even begin rating this book. The writing style was good and it was a very good character study of one of the most despicable characters I've ever run across. But do I really want to give three stars to a book that made me feel dirty just for reading it? I would have liked it more if it weren't so blatantly sexual. Ugh. Icky. That's all I can say. Why did this have to read like an erotica? 
 The reason I kept with it? I was waiting for Celeste to get caught. I wanted to see her squirm and I wanted to see her suffer. So I kept reading in hopes that it would pay off. 
 But seriously? 
 Seriously? 
 (view spoiler)[Now, I know it's true that the sentence for women pedophiles is grossly inadequate and they largely get away with their crimes with only a slap on the wrist. But this is fiction! If you can write the story however you want, wouldn't you make the character suffer more? I would make her die horribly in a prison riot after being locked up for years and losing every bit of the beauty she was so obsessed over. But no. Celeste gets four years parole, and all the while she's back at it again. GAH! (hide spoiler)] 
 So really, what was the point of the story? Did I really have to suffer through all of that just for this shit ending? 
 So...four stars for the writing style and character study. Minus two for making it erotica(!) and for Celeste surviving unscathed. 
 There are no words to describe my anger and disappointment with this ending.