#AtoZChallenge: The Dark Side of Stories in Finding Eliza

From StephanieFishman.com:

With the good in life comes the bad. Sometimes stories have a dark side to reflect this. In Finding Eliza, the darker side to life shows in several ways through the history of the characters and the history of the events that affect them. As a reader, I long to connect with characters that are real. I need them to get angry and have flaws. If they are too perfect, too happy, I end up feeling like they are there to mock the darkness that can pop up into my own life. I...