This book felt like it was written for a younger adult audience-but with hard themes such as bullying, abuse, incest, rape and kidnapping. I actually did not enjoy many parts of this story but kept reading it to find a satisfying conclusion. I got very irritated with the sexism-specifically the roles the females were expected to play in the Cutler family and the several comments about Dawn being pretty. They ere not complimentary comments, they were more like "At least you're pretty. You are just too pretty. Your mother will like that you are pretty, at least." UGH! I did enjoy the way it ended and I did feel that the MC, Dawn, matured a little through the book. But overall I would not recommend this story.