First I'll say this--this is in the teen section of the library, I didn't know that, so for that reason it is not my kind of reading, it is written for a teen I guess, it has not suspense/thrill to it, the mystery is who killed her parents etc but by half way I didn't care anymore. The writing is very juvenile, and the pace is very slow going but yet a teenager might really like this book, however, I didn't.