The Angel family is back in the spotlight as Matthew goes on trial for Tamara's murder. He was drunk and can't honestly remember whether or not he did it, and the prosecution is using his anger as their main argument. Tamara had recently gone on television and stated that she was pregnant and the baby belonged to Malcolm Angel, Matthew's father, with whom she was having an affair. Matthew was of course angry, but the prosecution believes he was angry enough to kill. Meanwhile, girls that attend private schools are being murdered. Angel and her friend CP are trying to solve the case, and being girls that attend private schools themselves, not get murdered in the process. On top of that, there are weird, dangerous creatures showing up in the Dakota (the building where they live) and their Uncle Peter has sent a man named Jacob to watch over them and live with them. Throw on top off that the fact that Angel is beginning to remember the past that her parents put her in treatment to block, and realizes that before her parents intervened, she was in love.
My complaint with the first book was that Patterson was spending so much time on character development that there was hardly a story. In this book however, there were multiple stories, all of which were interesting and suspenseful. I now appreciate the first book more because even though the story wasn't as strong, the character setup was and that played into this novel very well. Normally I don't like stories with too many plot lines (see my post on Inferno by Dan Brown), but in this book they all tied together nicely and I enjoyed it. Also, knowing the characters and their constant need for perfection, expect nothing less than for them to have 100 things going on at once. I also really liked the ending, it finally made some peace for the Angel family while setting up what could be the third book. I hope Patterson writes the next novel soon!
<3, jacq
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