I found this book to be an easy read. However, the characters were not well developed. The author jumped around a lot. Thus , it was alittle difficult at first to know that the author kept going back to Arlene's past. The transition was not well done. Some of the conversations held between Arlene, her family members and Burr were not realistic. I did not like the book at all. I felt that Arlene's character was very selfish and a little complicated. The author tried to do some psychoanalysis on her character which I found to be quite shabby. I did not get anything from the book except for the incredible love that Aunt Florence had for her child, Arlene and her entire family. Twisted as she seemed, she would do anything to protect them. That's about all.