Did anyone else feel a bit guilty enjoying a suspense book about a public shooting? I did the whole time! Because of that, I hoped I'd be able to find justification within the book. And I think I did. But mostly it was just a quick, tense read! 
 Phillips finds some nice ways to humanize her villains, which both lessens the feeling of exploitation and detracts from the sheer terror of the situation. I also really liked the characterization of and choices made with the child, which totally worked for me. 
 Overall this was an enjoyable and well-done read! I think I wanted even more suspense, and at the same time didn't because of my guilt. So what I'm saying is I brought a lot of confused bias into this one.