This story was on a bunch of best seller lists so I was surprised when I found it at the library last summer. The story was pretty depressing, about a young mormon girl, Ronnie, who witnesses the murder of her 2 younger sisters and has to cope with survivor's guilt. Not to mention, she's a teenager, filled with all the emotional highs and lows that come with that age. Her parents eventually are able to forgive the killer, but Ronnie refuses to forgive and instead insists on seeking revenge. The man who murdered her sisters was not on his medicine for mental illness when he killed the two girls and is now struggling with the guilt of committing a heinous act that he does not remember at all. He is trying to put his own past behind him, now married and with a baby of his own. Ronnie manages to become a nanny to the murderer's child and plans to carry out her big plan of revenge.
This story was suspenseful but after reading it, I felt really sad and down. I would only recommend this book to someone with the warning of feeling really blue every time you set it down.
Maybe I just get too wrapped up in stories. The book is well written, but like I said...the story line is depressing.
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