" Ava (nee Summer) accepts the invitation of a friend from college to spend the summer with his family writing her first novel. A fish out of water element with Ava trying to figure out Southern ways. Intrigued by Will's family history, she probes family secrets and her novel becomes a thinly veiled tale of a past scandal and murder. In a second storyline, Ava begins to uncover her own personal history after the sudden death of her mother. The Woodburn family story is largely resolved. The second thread, Ava's personal story, is never connected or resolved, just dropped. In that respect, the story feels incomplete. It's a good summer read, but it could have been better. Really like the twist at the end when what really happened to Charlie is revealed to the reader, but still speculation for the main characters. "
— Nell, 2/20/2014