An intriguing teen thriller about missing girls, family troubles and fitting in. Mandy has always been in the centre of, yet overshadowed by, her friends Petra and Tina's disappearance aged 12. 5 years on things still weigh heavily on Mandy's mind. She was always slightly excluded from the group by a cautious Petra and refused entry to their burgeoning pop duo 'The Red Roses'.
Petra has an obsession with a local mansion fro reasons unknown to the other girls but later revealed in some flashback chapters - the book is written in several parts of past and present. One night Petra decides to go into the house, Mandy leaves, Tina follows, the two are not seen again.
Alongside the main storyline there were minor plotlines that seemed trivial such as Mandy's unrequited crush on Tommy, the weird wannabe journalist who carries a briefcase instead of a backpack. Also Mandy's jewelry-making seemed a bit pointless other than to shoehorn in a new fake-feeling friendship with a random girl at school.
The ending was satisfying I guess, things were wrapped up and concluded, just not in a way you might imagine.
3/5 stars.
Stef Out x
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