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The Chloe Jacobs Series #1
A Life Revealed
Chloe Jacobs’s world is shattered when she loses her parents to a deadly car accident. When U.S. Marshals show up at her home Chloe discovers her entire life has been a series of lies kept buried by her parents. Her family has been members of the Witness Security Program her entire life and Chloe’s world quickly changes as she is forced into twenty-four-hour a day protection.
Despite the program’s strict rules, and warnings from marshals who struggle to keep her safe, Chloe ignores everything and secretly begins searching to find anything from her family’s past and who they may have left behind. She finds new friends and love along the way, but who were her parents and who can she trust?
The closer she gets to uncovering her family’s tangled history the more dangerous her world becomes. Will Chloe realize just how close she is to being hurt before it’s too late, or will her secrets catch up with her quicker than she thinks?
Despite the program’s strict rules, and warnings from marshals who struggle to keep her safe, Chloe ignores everything and secretly begins searching to find anything from her family’s past and who they may have left behind. She finds new friends and love along the way, but who were her parents and who can she trust?
The closer she gets to uncovering her family’s tangled history the more dangerous her world becomes. Will Chloe realize just how close she is to being hurt before it’s too late, or will her secrets catch up with her quicker than she thinks?
- GenresYoung AdultFiction
330 pages, Paperback
First published October 15, 2009
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Suzi Katz
2 books23 followershttp://www.suzikatzbooks.com
As a life-long reader and writer, it was only fitting that she followed her passion to become a writer. It’s what lead her to earn her bachelor's degree in communications media with a focus on writing. Growing up, Katz wrote her first stories using blue composition books she commandeered from school and kept a journal kept well hidden. As a lover of sport, she chose to earn her master's degree in sports business management. She has used both degrees together for more than thirty years.
Katz wrote her debut novel, a life revealed, in 2009. After a long break from publishing, she is returning with the release of its second edition in May 2022.
The second book in the series, Hiding in the Open will be released in September 2022. After a life revealed was published, it was picked up by Barnes and Noble for in-store sales and subsequently ranked 221 on the Barnes and Noble list.
Katz launched Suzi Katz Books, a boutique publishing house dedicated to exploring the lives of young adults and the complicated choices they face each day.
As a working mother, volunteer, and passionate advocate, Suzi Katz focuses her energy on helping individuals in her local community and donating thousands of volunteer hours nationally. Her most beloved program is the Pat Carter Winter Festival, a hands-on program she created more than 20 years ago benefitting the Salvation Army Women and Children’s Shelter. Since its inception, the Winter Festival has reached hundreds of women and children living in the shelter.
As a life-long reader and writer, it was only fitting that she followed her passion to become a writer. It’s what lead her to earn her bachelor's degree in communications media with a focus on writing. Growing up, Katz wrote her first stories using blue composition books she commandeered from school and kept a journal kept well hidden. As a lover of sport, she chose to earn her master's degree in sports business management. She has used both degrees together for more than thirty years.
Katz wrote her debut novel, a life revealed, in 2009. After a long break from publishing, she is returning with the release of its second edition in May 2022.
The second book in the series, Hiding in the Open will be released in September 2022. After a life revealed was published, it was picked up by Barnes and Noble for in-store sales and subsequently ranked 221 on the Barnes and Noble list.
Katz launched Suzi Katz Books, a boutique publishing house dedicated to exploring the lives of young adults and the complicated choices they face each day.
As a working mother, volunteer, and passionate advocate, Suzi Katz focuses her energy on helping individuals in her local community and donating thousands of volunteer hours nationally. Her most beloved program is the Pat Carter Winter Festival, a hands-on program she created more than 20 years ago benefitting the Salvation Army Women and Children’s Shelter. Since its inception, the Winter Festival has reached hundreds of women and children living in the shelter.
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December 22, 2009
I do appreciate receiving this book through Goodreads giveaway. However I must give an honest review, so here it is.
I didn’t really enjoy this book. The premise sounded good but I don’t think it was carried off. It started out pretty good I didn’t really like the back and forth in time; I would have just rather heard the story from start to finish. Also by, page 98 I was sick of the whole love triangle between Chloe, Sebastian and Christopher. I just wanted to get on with the mystery.
I also was not sure if this was a young adult book or an adult book by the end I’m leaning towards young adult because Chloe/Caiden/Caroline is extremely angsty. Yes, I understand she’s been through a lot but, her back and forth between the two guys got old really fast and by page 200 I was skimming the love story chapters to get back to the mystery chapters.
I don’t feel satisfied with the outcome of this book either after searching for answers and when she finds them nothing really comes of them *No Spoilers*.The ending was abrupt and unsatisfying.
All in all I would say with some reworking this could be a better book no back and forth with the time line, less love triangle and more mystery. I am going to pass this on to a teen and will get her feedback maybe I’m just not getting it.
2 ½ stars
I didn’t really enjoy this book. The premise sounded good but I don’t think it was carried off. It started out pretty good I didn’t really like the back and forth in time; I would have just rather heard the story from start to finish. Also by, page 98 I was sick of the whole love triangle between Chloe, Sebastian and Christopher. I just wanted to get on with the mystery.
I also was not sure if this was a young adult book or an adult book by the end I’m leaning towards young adult because Chloe/Caiden/Caroline is extremely angsty. Yes, I understand she’s been through a lot but, her back and forth between the two guys got old really fast and by page 200 I was skimming the love story chapters to get back to the mystery chapters.
I don’t feel satisfied with the outcome of this book either after searching for answers and when she finds them nothing really comes of them *No Spoilers*.The ending was abrupt and unsatisfying.
All in all I would say with some reworking this could be a better book no back and forth with the time line, less love triangle and more mystery. I am going to pass this on to a teen and will get her feedback maybe I’m just not getting it.
2 ½ stars
January 21, 2012
Let me start by thanking goodreads and Suzi Katz for giving me the chance to read this book. I really stepped out of my comfort zone with this one, since I normally read fantasy books, but I have to say that I somewhat enjoyed this book. I did find the back and forth between the two points of view to be a little confusing in the beginning and by the end it really seemed over done and tedious. However the plot took a lot of turns that I didn't expect, and it kept me interested and wanting to know what would happen next. Overall I think that this book is one that some will like, but I can't personally say that this is a book that I would highly recommend someone to read.
December 17, 2009
I just finished reading this and I couldnt put it down! I absolutly love this book..there are so many twists and turns it she really keeps you intersted right from the start..You really feel for the characters and know what they are going thru..I wish there was a part 2 because I didnt want the story to end!!
October 4, 2024
Exciting and compelling story, with many unexpected twists, delivered to the reader in a completely original manner. Katz’s debut novel knocks it out of the park and leaves you wanting more. This is a coming of age story about a young woman faced with extraordinary circumstances.
At the age of 17, the parents of our protagonist, Chloe, are tragically killed. This is when Chloe finds out her parents had been keeping a big secret from her for her entire life, and now she is forced to deal with the aftermath of their secret lives and suspicious deaths.
Katz uniquely tells the story from two different timelines, each one drawing you in. As you embark on this journey between the past and the present, you find each storyline to be filled with surprises and suspense. Every time you think you have the origins of Chloe’s life figured out, the story takes a new turn. And every time you predict Chloe‘s next move, she is faced with a new choice.
I really enjoyed the way Katz delivered her story and developed her characters. I felt a real connection to Chloe. She is a complicated character that will at times impress you and at other times frustrate you, but you will always find yourself rooting for her. I hope the Katz decides to continue the story as I am interested in the next chapter of Chloe’s life.
At the age of 17, the parents of our protagonist, Chloe, are tragically killed. This is when Chloe finds out her parents had been keeping a big secret from her for her entire life, and now she is forced to deal with the aftermath of their secret lives and suspicious deaths.
Katz uniquely tells the story from two different timelines, each one drawing you in. As you embark on this journey between the past and the present, you find each storyline to be filled with surprises and suspense. Every time you think you have the origins of Chloe’s life figured out, the story takes a new turn. And every time you predict Chloe‘s next move, she is faced with a new choice.
I really enjoyed the way Katz delivered her story and developed her characters. I felt a real connection to Chloe. She is a complicated character that will at times impress you and at other times frustrate you, but you will always find yourself rooting for her. I hope the Katz decides to continue the story as I am interested in the next chapter of Chloe’s life.
August 18, 2022
This book starts out with the protagonist (CJ) finding out both of her parents have been murdered and that she's actually been in the Witness Security Program her entire life. And from there the story climbs into more and more suspense.
The short and quick chapters keep you flipping through this book, especially as they flip back and forth between CJ's emotional journey and her investigative journey into her past. It is easy to tell which is which though because of the italics on the investigation. Both sides of the journey are definitely packed with suspense.
There is also a love triangle, and I am definitely hardcore team S, but I will say, I do love the journey that CJ went through and found the relationship believable (and very spicy).
CJ may not always make the best choice, but she always does what's truest to her story. Also, she's an artist, who doesn't love an artist?
The short and quick chapters keep you flipping through this book, especially as they flip back and forth between CJ's emotional journey and her investigative journey into her past. It is easy to tell which is which though because of the italics on the investigation. Both sides of the journey are definitely packed with suspense.
There is also a love triangle, and I am definitely hardcore team S, but I will say, I do love the journey that CJ went through and found the relationship believable (and very spicy).
CJ may not always make the best choice, but she always does what's truest to her story. Also, she's an artist, who doesn't love an artist?
May 30, 2022
I normally don't read this genre and didn't want to, but my friend pushed me into it. I loved it.
If I lost my parents and found out I was in witness security, I would definitely try to figure out what happened and why I was there. I can see why she searches for a way to connect with anyone she can find from the past.
She thinks she is smart but having lived a sheltered life causes her to make a lot of good and bad decisions. She was sneaky and resourceful but gets in more trouble than she thought. I can't wait to find out what happens to her in the next book.
If I lost my parents and found out I was in witness security, I would definitely try to figure out what happened and why I was there. I can see why she searches for a way to connect with anyone she can find from the past.
She thinks she is smart but having lived a sheltered life causes her to make a lot of good and bad decisions. She was sneaky and resourceful but gets in more trouble than she thought. I can't wait to find out what happens to her in the next book.
June 26, 2018
The premise of this book was really good. I like that part. The story wasn't written as well as I would have like. It wasn't connected like I felt it should have been. Glad I read it, though.
May 8, 2012
It could have been terrific, but it wasn't...
A Life Revealed, is a combination of dizzying flashbacks and a girl whirling a traumatic experience of parents dying in a car crash. Suddenly she learns that the accident was planned. 17 year old Chloe Jacobs is being watched and under the care of the Witness Protection Program.
Sounds great at first, but it only goes downhill.....Oh it does.
Trust me......
Chloe/Caiden Jacobs falls into a unrealistic loving romance with the 24 year old man hired to protect her and a kid named Sebastien. It is clearly Hero Syndrome and any guy who is in the Witness Protection Program would know this by profiling but the author seems to leave that part out. Handsome Chris falls in love in the blink of an eye. In a nutshell, melodrama possesses the author like Emily from the Exorcist of Emily Rose, everyone almost dies once, screams loudly and sobs up a storm while lying on the floor.
NOOOOOOO!!!! CAIDEN/CHOE......Are you crying again? I thought you were....You are going to make me sad.
More tears....
At the middle to the end of the story, it blossoms into a weeping porn novel (which I recommend for the late teens and adult crowd).
Are you serious?
"
Yeah I'm serious.
There isn't a day that goes by where this girl - Chloe/Caiden (yes Chris chose it for her because it means something deep -.-) isn't crying, sobbing or weeping! She is practically a Mary Sue locked away from men all her life who discovers men for the first time...Seriously , slow down Tiger.
When Chloe is not having sex with Chris or leading on poor needy Sebastian - she is screaming and crying. This character does nothing, she is a Mary Sue, if she was a kicka** female lead who did all of this on the side while leading an awesome action packed thriller life. I would have loved it! But no... I didn't get that. I got poor old tired Chloe. Her escapades last through her Senior year to her Freshman year in College - where she goes back to the city where
Not to mention the cover looks like a dead girl's photos. I literally kept it covered because those eyes looked like they were stolen from a corpse.The print was hard to read, because it was printed in thick , jet black Ariel! My book was printed with plenty of errors. I wanted to grab my red pen and give it a few swipes.
The only redeeming section is when Chloe/Caiden etc... does something quite abruptly during the end even though it was uncalled for and ridiculous. Why did she do it? It doesn't make sense, she was "happy" - when she wasn't sobbing on the floor.
If you love incoherent flashbacks/constant weeping/melodrama/descriptive sex - you should certainly try this out!
A Life Revealed, is a combination of dizzying flashbacks and a girl whirling a traumatic experience of parents dying in a car crash. Suddenly she learns that the accident was planned. 17 year old Chloe Jacobs is being watched and under the care of the Witness Protection Program.
Sounds great at first, but it only goes downhill.....Oh it does.
Trust me......
Chloe/Caiden Jacobs falls into a unrealistic loving romance with the 24 year old man hired to protect her and a kid named Sebastien. It is clearly Hero Syndrome and any guy who is in the Witness Protection Program would know this by profiling but the author seems to leave that part out. Handsome Chris falls in love in the blink of an eye. In a nutshell, melodrama possesses the author like Emily from the Exorcist of Emily Rose, everyone almost dies once, screams loudly and sobs up a storm while lying on the floor.
NOOOOOOO!!!! CAIDEN/CHOE......Are you crying again? I thought you were....You are going to make me sad.
More tears....
At the middle to the end of the story, it blossoms into a weeping porn novel (which I recommend for the late teens and adult crowd).
Are you serious?
"
Yeah I'm serious.
There isn't a day that goes by where this girl - Chloe/Caiden (yes Chris chose it for her because it means something deep -.-) isn't crying, sobbing or weeping! She is practically a Mary Sue locked away from men all her life who discovers men for the first time...Seriously , slow down Tiger.
When Chloe is not having sex with Chris or leading on poor needy Sebastian - she is screaming and crying. This character does nothing, she is a Mary Sue, if she was a kicka** female lead who did all of this on the side while leading an awesome action packed thriller life. I would have loved it! But no... I didn't get that. I got poor old tired Chloe. Her escapades last through her Senior year to her Freshman year in College - where she goes back to the city where
Not to mention the cover looks like a dead girl's photos. I literally kept it covered because those eyes looked like they were stolen from a corpse.The print was hard to read, because it was printed in thick , jet black Ariel! My book was printed with plenty of errors. I wanted to grab my red pen and give it a few swipes.
The only redeeming section is when Chloe/Caiden etc... does something quite abruptly during the end even though it was uncalled for and ridiculous. Why did she do it? It doesn't make sense, she was "happy" - when she wasn't sobbing on the floor.
If you love incoherent flashbacks/constant weeping/melodrama/descriptive sex - you should certainly try this out!
September 17, 2011
First off, I want to thank the author and Goodreads for the chance to read this book. I won it a few months ago, but just now found the time to crack it open.
I liked A Life Revealed, but I didn't love it. The main reason I liked it was the premise. It's about a girl, named Chloe, who's parents are killed in a car accident (or so readers believe for the first few chapters). Later on, Chloe learns something shocking: her, and her family have been in the Witness Protection Program for nearly Chloe's entire life. She didn't know about this, so you can probably imagine her shock when realizing that not only has she just lost her parents, but she now has to go into hiding, because her parents weren't in a car accident--they were murdered.
After that, (which is about five or six chapters in) the book is really mass of problems. Chloe has to change her name, shut out her friends to sever all ties, and eventually move away because her life is in danger.
Then there's Christopher, on of the marshals who is protecting her whom she falls in love with.
That's about all I can reveal (ha-ha, no pun intended!) about the premise without spoiling more of the book.
Okay, that was all why I liked the book. The reason I didn't like the book was mainly because there wasn't much detail. It felt like the main character was barely thinking about anything aside from mediocre things, when in the real world, anyone would be running around screaming.
There was a definite feel of disconnect for me throughout the entire book. Then the ending, which is a rather large cliffhanger. I think there's another novel out (or planned) but I can't promise I will read it. Even though the ending was rather abrupt, I just don't think I liked this one enough to read more about these characters.
Like the cover, though! At first glance, I thought that the girl was in a ditch...dirty hands, hair fanned out. But that's not dirt, its charcoal from her art, so, I like the cover more.
I liked A Life Revealed, but I didn't love it. The main reason I liked it was the premise. It's about a girl, named Chloe, who's parents are killed in a car accident (or so readers believe for the first few chapters). Later on, Chloe learns something shocking: her, and her family have been in the Witness Protection Program for nearly Chloe's entire life. She didn't know about this, so you can probably imagine her shock when realizing that not only has she just lost her parents, but she now has to go into hiding, because her parents weren't in a car accident--they were murdered.
After that, (which is about five or six chapters in) the book is really mass of problems. Chloe has to change her name, shut out her friends to sever all ties, and eventually move away because her life is in danger.
Then there's Christopher, on of the marshals who is protecting her whom she falls in love with.
That's about all I can reveal (ha-ha, no pun intended!) about the premise without spoiling more of the book.
Okay, that was all why I liked the book. The reason I didn't like the book was mainly because there wasn't much detail. It felt like the main character was barely thinking about anything aside from mediocre things, when in the real world, anyone would be running around screaming.
There was a definite feel of disconnect for me throughout the entire book. Then the ending, which is a rather large cliffhanger. I think there's another novel out (or planned) but I can't promise I will read it. Even though the ending was rather abrupt, I just don't think I liked this one enough to read more about these characters.
Like the cover, though! At first glance, I thought that the girl was in a ditch...dirty hands, hair fanned out. But that's not dirt, its charcoal from her art, so, I like the cover more.
November 14, 2012
Reviewed by Marta Morrison for TeensReadToo.com
I really wanted to love this book. The premise was great.
Chloe and her best friend, Sebastian, are waiting for her parents to pick them up from a party. It is taking way too long, and then the police come and tell Chloe that her parents were in a terrible car accident and are both dead. Chloe goes to the hospital and is escorted home by someone claiming to be her Aunt Jill.
When she arrives at her house, it is being protected by U.S. Marshals, and she finds that her parents were murdered. They were in a witness protection program after her father testified against the mob. Chloe is devastated, to say the least, but the worse thing is that she must cut ties with all of her friends at her high school and town. She has to be protected and must change her identity and become someone else.
If the author had just written about that I would have really liked the story, but she had to make Chloe a basket case and one who was just too emotional for my taste. I think I am just not the romance reader anymore. I want my heroines to be smart and to work things out for themselves. Chloe has to choose over her best friend and a Marshal to love. She keeps going back and forth and gets mad at the strangest things.
I think that if I was younger I would have loved this book, since the heroine seems to act like a 17-year-old. So please read this book if you like romance with a little mystery thrown in.
I really wanted to love this book. The premise was great.
Chloe and her best friend, Sebastian, are waiting for her parents to pick them up from a party. It is taking way too long, and then the police come and tell Chloe that her parents were in a terrible car accident and are both dead. Chloe goes to the hospital and is escorted home by someone claiming to be her Aunt Jill.
When she arrives at her house, it is being protected by U.S. Marshals, and she finds that her parents were murdered. They were in a witness protection program after her father testified against the mob. Chloe is devastated, to say the least, but the worse thing is that she must cut ties with all of her friends at her high school and town. She has to be protected and must change her identity and become someone else.
If the author had just written about that I would have really liked the story, but she had to make Chloe a basket case and one who was just too emotional for my taste. I think I am just not the romance reader anymore. I want my heroines to be smart and to work things out for themselves. Chloe has to choose over her best friend and a Marshal to love. She keeps going back and forth and gets mad at the strangest things.
I think that if I was younger I would have loved this book, since the heroine seems to act like a 17-year-old. So please read this book if you like romance with a little mystery thrown in.
September 2, 2012
I read this book because my mom is friends with Suzi Katz, the author. Ms. Katz seems like a very nice woman; she often times sends my mother writing contests for me to enter and offers to help me with anything that I may need when it comes to my writing.
Her book, though, is not a great one.
I feel kind of guilty writing a bad review, but I want to be honest.
It was probably around a year ago that my mom got the book from Ms. Katz and told me that I should read it. I started it, but never finished.
After picking it up to start again, I know why I stopped.
Every sentence is a simple one. "It was perfect. The two of us were skiing side by side. That's what I thought anyway. The picture showed the truth." This paragraph feels like an SAT question: find a way to make this portion of the text flow better.
The premise of the book is great. Someone who's in the Witness Protection Program and doesn't know it; it's about finding out who you are on the inside while you don't know who you are on the outside. An amazing idea.
An amazing idea that went completely in the wrong direction. Suddenly, everyone is in love with everyone, Chloe/Caiden gets whatever she wants, and unrealistic isn't even a good description anymore.
Can I just stress that nothing that happened in this book would ever happen in real life? Ever?
So, I read the book because I felt obligated to, and I will read the sequel because I will still feel obligated. I probably will not enjoy it.
Her book, though, is not a great one.
I feel kind of guilty writing a bad review, but I want to be honest.
It was probably around a year ago that my mom got the book from Ms. Katz and told me that I should read it. I started it, but never finished.
After picking it up to start again, I know why I stopped.
Every sentence is a simple one. "It was perfect. The two of us were skiing side by side. That's what I thought anyway. The picture showed the truth." This paragraph feels like an SAT question: find a way to make this portion of the text flow better.
The premise of the book is great. Someone who's in the Witness Protection Program and doesn't know it; it's about finding out who you are on the inside while you don't know who you are on the outside. An amazing idea.
An amazing idea that went completely in the wrong direction. Suddenly, everyone is in love with everyone, Chloe/Caiden gets whatever she wants, and unrealistic isn't even a good description anymore.
Can I just stress that nothing that happened in this book would ever happen in real life? Ever?
So, I read the book because I felt obligated to, and I will read the sequel because I will still feel obligated. I probably will not enjoy it.
May 10, 2010
I’m a little on the fence about this one. While I definitely enjoyed the romantic and suspenseful aspects of it, I didn’t think it was as great as I had hoped it would be.
The major thing that I have to bring up is how condensed and summarized the majority of it is. A lot of it was unnecessary and wasn’t relevant to anything in the storyline, so the huge paragraphs that zipped through four or five days of Chloe’s life kind of got to be a bit frustrating after awhile.
The story focused more on Chloe’s relationships with Sebastian, her best friend and Christopher, her bodyguard than it did on the mystery of Chloe’s past. The nitpicky, back and forth routine she played with the two was way too often for my liking, but I did enjoy reading as Chloe tracked down and uncovered her dangerous history.
But despite all, I honestly think this one of those books that you have to decide for yourself. What I found not-so-great, I know that others are going to love. A Life Revealed is a raw, romantic and thrilling tale of a girl just trying to find out who she really is, and I definitely recommend that you give it a chance!
The major thing that I have to bring up is how condensed and summarized the majority of it is. A lot of it was unnecessary and wasn’t relevant to anything in the storyline, so the huge paragraphs that zipped through four or five days of Chloe’s life kind of got to be a bit frustrating after awhile.
The story focused more on Chloe’s relationships with Sebastian, her best friend and Christopher, her bodyguard than it did on the mystery of Chloe’s past. The nitpicky, back and forth routine she played with the two was way too often for my liking, but I did enjoy reading as Chloe tracked down and uncovered her dangerous history.
But despite all, I honestly think this one of those books that you have to decide for yourself. What I found not-so-great, I know that others are going to love. A Life Revealed is a raw, romantic and thrilling tale of a girl just trying to find out who she really is, and I definitely recommend that you give it a chance!
May 21, 2012
Fascinating! Suzi Kats narrates a perfect example of the butterfly effect; giving us the life story of Chloe Jacobs and the tragic car accident of her parents. However, Chloe finds out too many secretes her parents hide really well from her; including the real answer of the car accident that took away the life of her parents.
Chloe Jacobs has a normal life as any other teenager, with her plans to go to college and a life planned with her best friend Sebastian. Nevertheless, her parents die in a terrible car accident, and her life as she knew it is over. The U.S. Marshals take over Chloe's life, claiming to protect her with issues related to her parents death.
She is not allowed to talk to her friends anymore, not allowed to go out for shopping because her life might be in real danger; but rebel chloe decides to go against all rules to have her normal life back. Her dream to go to New York University Art school, has also been taken from her hands, but her strong character and determination lead her to a different life of what she ever dreamed.
Chloe Jacobs has a normal life as any other teenager, with her plans to go to college and a life planned with her best friend Sebastian. Nevertheless, her parents die in a terrible car accident, and her life as she knew it is over. The U.S. Marshals take over Chloe's life, claiming to protect her with issues related to her parents death.
She is not allowed to talk to her friends anymore, not allowed to go out for shopping because her life might be in real danger; but rebel chloe decides to go against all rules to have her normal life back. Her dream to go to New York University Art school, has also been taken from her hands, but her strong character and determination lead her to a different life of what she ever dreamed.
March 31, 2012
When I first saw this book, I loved the idea of a girl in the witness protection program, trying to find out who she really is after her parents are tragically killed. As a child, she never knew that her entire family was actually in this program. She falls in love with one of the Marshalls that is protecting her, but she realizes that she can't be with him forever...or at least that's what she tells herself. The story just kept doing the same things over and over...she loves him, she hates him, she loves him, she hates him. It was like reading a soap opera that would never end. A whiney 19 year old who thinks she knows it all. The ending was horrible as well, as if the author got tired of her too and just let her go off by herself.
March 13, 2010
I too won this in the giveaway ~ added my name because I liked the premise of it. It was a quick read, not fantastic by any means and I too wanted more in the mystery end of it and not the love story. I was disappointed that there was not more about Jonah and what happened after everything with Joey. I will buy the next book as I realize the author is now writing a follow up to this one. Good thing because I did not like the way this one ended rather abruptly. I gave it 3 stars but it was more of a 2 1/2.
December 12, 2010
This was a very interesting book and is one that will keep you reading and wanting more when you’re done. This book is very true in its details and shocking in places about some of the things that can happen to people like Chloe. This book is defiantly unique and the first of its kind that I’ve read. Suzi Kats did a wonderful job with this book and I will defiantly be looking to read the sequel and any more of her works.
October 1, 2012
Again the elusive 1/2 star is needed. I'll give this a 2 1/2 because the premise for the story was original. I wanted to really like this book but it ended up being mostly teenage romantic drama. The "mystery" at the end I almost saw coming as the heroine betrays her own intuition just because. That part was disappointing.
February 10, 2011
what an amazing book! i could not put it down. the whole chloe/sebastian/christopher triangle was well written. to know your whole life was a lie and to find your brother still living in NYC! wow.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 8, 2009
WOW! What a great book. It pulled me in right away and I was hooked until the end. Couldn't put it down. I am hoping there is a sequel because I just love these characters!
January 18, 2010
I loved the book. It kept me captivated and I couldn't wait to see what was going to happen. Can't wait for the sequel.
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