About the Book:
Until Mattie Brosillard, a freshman at their high school, shows up on their doorstep, begging Cam and Blair for help. Mattie's sister Lola disappeared mysteriously five years ago. No trace of her was ever found. Now, she's back--but Mattie is convinced the girl who returned is an impostor. Nobody believes Mattie's wild story--not Mattie's brother, not Mattie's mother, and not even Cam and Blair. But something is definitely wrong in the Brosillard family. And Blair has her own reasons for wanting to know what really happened to Lola while she was gone.
With Cam and Blair still struggling with the aftermath of their first mystery—and with new secrets swirling between them—the stakes are higher than ever in this can’t-miss sequel to Missing Clarissa.
My Review:
This young adult novel is the second in a series and is a little different than the first one. (You can read my review of the first in the series, Missing Clarissa.) The first one introduced us to Cam and Blair and was a good mystery with teen amateur sleuths. This novel is more about characters than an actual murder mystery. In a sense, it was a sort of coming of age story with Blair especially struggling with navigating her future. There is also Cam struggling in her relationship with her love, Sophia, now across country at university. And then there is Mattie, a non-gender teen.
I am not into personal teen development as much as a well defined mystery so I found myself skimming a bit. I did appreciate the twists giving revelation as the plot came near the end. The resolution was a bit of a surprise and perhaps out of sync with the rest of the plot. This is a novel for teens interested in relationships more than young people solving a murder mystery. It would be of particular interest to teens concerned with gender issues.
(My star ratings: 5-I love it, 4-I like it, 3-It's OK, 2-I don't like it, 1-I hate it.)
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