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My Rating: 4 stars

Clea Raymond, the daughter of a well-known politician and surgeon was always used to the spotlight. She is a photojournalist who travels the world, documenting every moment with just a push of a button. After Clea’s father disappears while on a humanitarian mission, she starts to notice a strange figure reappearing in many of her photographs: a bizarre, young, beautiful and strangely alluring man who looks the same in every photo. She is immediately drawn to this stranger. What Clea doesn’t know is that this man could help her find her lost father and unlock the answers to the century-long both of theirs. Together they unravel their pasts in order to save their lives…and their futures.
Okay, so first of all, although I LOVE the main plot/idea of this book, it took me a while to actually get into it. It took until around page 100 for it to get even remotely interesting. I was just about to give up on it when it started to get good, to be honest. Then, I just kept picturing Hilary Duff’s old Disney show, Lizzie McGuire. The main character has a quirky best friend and a guy best friend who secretly loves her. Maybe it’s just me but it’s kind of similar. Also at times I felt like the dialogue seemed unrealistic. I feel like a lot of things people said wouldn’t have been said by kids that are really seventeen years or older. And I feel like there could be more questions answered, unless we’re supposed to think of our own ways of how it ends. Maybe there will be a sequel?
But, overall, I did like the main plot of this book, so that kind of made up for everything else and I’m really impressed by Hilary Duff. And props to Elise Allen, who helped her write it. 🙂