2.5 stars 
 I actually liked this story quite a lot for the most part BUT I can't believe that there is absolutely no closure on the child abuse arc of the book. For me that was just about the most important part of the story AND THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO MENTION OF IT IN THE LAST THIRD OF THE BOOK!!! It's the ONE conflict in this novel that's actually real and serious (the rest is more dramatic than it has to be) and the author just drops it completely, as if it's nothing serious. Absolutely inexcusable and really disappointing.