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Book Review of The Mourning Hours

The Mourning Hours
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Helpful Score: 1


Kirsten is an ordinary kid living the good life on a Wisconsin farm with her parents and older brother & sister. While watching her family play on a summer softball league, she meets Stacy Lemke, a pretty & popular girl who has eyes for Kirsten's older brother. Not just a little manipulative, Stacy soon becomes a regular part of their lives. Stacy's spoiled nature soon makes it's appearance and Kirsten witnesses some private situations between her brother, Johnny, who is a star high school wrestler with a short fuse and Stacy. When Stacy disappears after a date with Johnny, during a snowstorm, all fingers are pointed in his direction and Kirsten begins questioning what her brother is actually capable of.

It was a decent book. I liked it but wasn't crazy about it. I like a good suspense, but felt that there was some information revealed at the end of the book that should have been presented much earlier in the story. There was no tie there and the ending just didn't seem to make sense to me (that's all I can say without spoiling it for you)