I am just glad I borrowed this from the library and didn't spend any money on it. First there's the mother/daughter relationship which was such a slog. There was the "oh you know teenagers" issues, and the way too overprotective mom issues, it was just full of all of the parent/child tropes and it was too much. Plus Amelia was made out like a great kid, in fact every time she said to her mom during a fight "I'm not like that, I'm not like you were at my age" Whitney had to agree with her. So why treat her like some juvenile delinquent? I mean she was sneaking around and doing pretty normal things for a kid her age, but only because her mom wouldn't let her to ANYTHING. It was pretty suffocating to read even. Then when she's missing there's a lot of holes there. Suddenly her helicopter mom doesn't know exactly where she dropped her off and doesn't know the last name of the friend she spent the night with even though she's met every other parent of every other friend Amelia has had her entire life. She only now starts questioning why Amelia has new friends and isn't a part of her lifelong friend group... how are we supposed to buy that her mom doesn't know anything when she's been so overbearing about knowing every single thing up until now? It's a huge inconsistency and doesn't make sense. There are also so many time changes and things it's not hard to keep track of, but it's hard to care enough to pay attention to it. Like they go from before she went missing to after, then suddenly you're flashing back to Whitney's childhood. It's not complicated but there's no indication why you're getting this info, what it's for and why you should care. Don't get me started on Amelia's father, he's currently living out of the country with his new wife, yet when he finds out his daughter is missing and the police are involved, he never once even think he might want to fly back. And when he's comparing notes with Whitney about recent conversations with Amelia, he never questions why Whitney knows NOTHING about what he's talking about. He just keeps saying "I thought she told you", never asking anything like "wow what's going on with you two that she clearly tells you nothing about her life?". He appears rather unconcerned, which is why at one point I entertained the thought that he helped Amelia run away or that he had her kidnapped to come live with him out of the country; spoiler, he didn't. Then when you finally get to the reveal, which takes way too long to get to given how anticlimactic it is, you almost don't even care anymore. I get the feeling it was left slightly open for a sequel but I cannot imagine what else anyone would want to know about any of it. I got the distinct impression the author had a lot of ideas how she wanted the story to go and as she was writing in that direction, changed her mind and went another way leaving one thought just sort of dangling there. It was a mess honestly. I do not recommend this one, there are far too many book out there that are more deserving of your time.