Plot Summary
Morgan
is on her way to a party driving her parent’s car, which she is forbidden to do
because they’re out of town, when she runs out of gas. Her phone is dead and she has no choice but
to wait in the car for someone to stop and help or to get out and walk to the
nearest gas station. Too bad the road
she is stuck on is paralleled by forest on each side for as far as the eye can
see. She thinks she may have lucked out
when a car stops behind her. The man
offers to give her a ride but something about him makes her say no. Several minutes later she gets out of the car
to check and see if she has a gas can when another car stops behind her. It turns out it’s the guy from before. This time she accepts a ride but, after
passing several very open gas stations, she realizes she’s made a terrible
mistake.
Morgan
decides to jump out of the car and run, but will she be able to get away? The story that follows is an amazing roller coaster
of thrilling moments and terrifying situations.
There is more to this guy than Morgan originally thought. What does he want with her,
specifically? Morgan realizes she left
her purse in the car with him just when her driver’s license is returned to
front porch. Can Morgan figure out who
this guy is and what he wants with her before it’s too late?
Critical Evaluation
This
book was a thrill ride. Morgan does seem
to do things that put her in direct [possible] danger, like walk her dog by
herself at night, which leaves the reader extremely frustrated. If she knows a man is out there that wants to
hurt her, why would she go anywhere alone?
It’s the classic horror movie question, but fictional damsels in
distress keep making the same mistakes. The
back story of the stalker does seem to take away some of the excitement from
the first chapters, but it all seems to tie in.
I read
this as a Kindle e-book and there were a lot of spelling errors and other
things that took away from the book in general.
Looking past those, however, this book does deliver a message about how
some guys can become so fixated on a girl that they’ll do anything to make them
theirs. Morgan actually ends up just
being the doppelganger of a girl stalker guy had killed years earlier and that
is why he’s interested in her. It’s all
very coincidental but that can be a good thing.
My biggest critique, as I’ve stated earlier, are the stupid, careless
mistakes Morgan makes near the end of the book (i.e. going out alone at
night).
Reader’s Annotation
Never get into a car with a stranger – you just might get
yourself up a homicidal stalker.
Author’s Information
This is Elena Andrews first book. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband
and three boys. Read a poem she wrote
about herself and then click over to her blog here: http://www.elenaandrews.blogspot.com/p/about-me.html
Genre
Suspense/Mystery
Book Talking Ideas
I’d start off by saying that Morgan gets kidnapped in the
first few pages. I’d also say that she
jumps out of a moving car to get away from him.
But I probably won’t say if she does or not. I think that might work.
Reading
Level/Interest
12/14
Challenge Issues
Other than the suspenseful moments, not much about this book
will probably be challenged. There is little to no swearing in this book, other than the slight swear in the title. That might put some parents off.
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