Probably closer to 2.5 stars than 2 based on the plot alone, but this was probably the most unlikeable cast of characters I've ever encountered in one book. For supposed best friends, Jo and Maddie are complete and utter awful people to each other, and Ian was a complete mess of a stereotype. He was like a walking poster boy for what civilians expect soldiers coming back from Iraq to be like, with some kind of childhood trauma mixed in that never gets properly explained. There's some kind of accident that completely disfigures Maddie's face that the police say couldn't possibly have happened the way that she says it did, but that never gets properly explained either. The entire book is really a hodge podge mish mash of back and forthy timey wimey (sorry, I had to) timelines that just make the book nearly impossible to keep up with, so not only are the characters awful, but the story line leaves you reeling as well. And then, the cherry on the cake, spoiler b-tee-dubs, there's NO RESOLUTION. We couldn't even get that. Sorry, this one is a hard nope for me.