Over all the book was good, however more background information would have been helpful. You feel like the author dropped you in the middle of this moment in time. Further development of key characters, I felt, would have brought this book more to life.

Our book club rated this book at 2.5 stars.

This book had mixed reactions in our group. Most of us wished that Ellen's character was more developed, that Nathan was somewhat pathetic, and the "wealthy" people in the book were what most people have read about and some have experienced, snobbery.

This book was an easy read and difficult to put down as we wanted to know what would develop. We had hoped that this would've been a true coming of age book, but that didn't happen.

We do look forward to Brian Groh's next book as we think there's possibility for growth.