You could compare this book to a balloon. It gets filled up, gets bigger and bigger, just like the mysteries became bigger and bigger in this book, and, once it's full, you expect it to pop. But instead, after the tense build up to the end, it was like someone couldn't be bothered to tie the end of the balloon, so it was a let down, and that was a huge disappointment.
After such a fantastic build up, such a brilliant plot, the ending ruined everything. I read it in the daytime, so desperate to find the end of the mystery. I just wished that the end had been in the middle, where the author's writing was at its best, but no, that didn't happen, the end was at the end, and I guess that's how it works.

Jem's sister, Gracie, ran away two years ago, and since then Jem's family life has fallen to bits; all her friends were supportive, but all Jem wanted was Gracie back, and since Gracie was eighteen, the police couldn't do anything. But Jem is convinced Gracie left because of a wish she made the day before Gracie disappeared. We only find out what the wish is near the end of the book, and that's when the book starts going downhill.

It's quite hard to do a review on this book, because while I want to tell you all about it, I don't want to spoil any mysteries while doing that. Lets just say the mystery is much better than the answers.
Jem's life is a bit crazy, her Dad's a full time clown and her Mum owns a cafe. Her best friend Iris has a reliability to worry about every single little "illness" that she gets and of course, Gracie is gone.

It's such a shame about the end of this book, because the build up really was fantastic. Argh! This is getting really hard now! If I tell you the main problem with this book, then it will give away one of the main things that happens! Let me just tell you that if you want to read this book then you have to choose:

Do you want to read a superb build up but a hugely disappointing ending?

Or

Do you want to not read the book and have to forget about it?

I don't know what to advise! I just loved the start and middle of this book, it's just such a shame that I can't say anything positive about the ending!

So, you'll need to make your mind up about this book! I'd probably give it nine and a half out of ten for the start and middle (always room for improvement!) and four and a half for the end!

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