Changes

The introduction of a new teenage character, who Lou ends up looking after, was an interesting plot idea and worked very well in the story. The growing relationship they have is well written, and the teenager is very realistic! I felt the teen's story was an important one too, though the way it's resolved didn't, in my opinion, reflect real-life situations very well. My real issue with the story was, once again, the ending. I felt that the first book ended in the wrong way, and this time, again, I really wasn't happy with how things are left. It felt a little like we were being set-up for a third book, but I was ultimately dissatisfied with where Lou was in her life, and what was happening next. I felt that the ways in which Lou had grown and developed as a person in the first book were lost and disregarded, and although it was, perhaps, understandable, it still left me wondering what the point of the first book had been if this was where Lou had ended up. A different ending would have bumped this up to a five star review from me but, as it is, this is still a good book. I have had to go away and plan out an alternative finale for Lou, but who knows, perhaps there will be another sequel soon and then Lou can finally have the happy ending she deserves!

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