The Rules for Disappearing by Ashley Elston

The Rules for Disappearing (Rules, #1)

by Ashley Elston

She’s been six different people in six different places: Madeline in Ohio, Isabelle in Missouri, Olivia in Kentucky . . . But now that she’s been transplanted to rural Louisiana, she has decided that this fake identity will be her last.

Witness Protection has taken nearly everything from her. But for now, they’ve given her a new name, Megan Rose Jones, and a horrible hair color. For the past eight months, Meg has begged her father to answer one question: What on earth did he do—or see—that landed them in this god-awful mess? Meg has just about had it with all of the Suits’ rules—and her dad’s silence. If he won’t help, it’s time she got some answers for herself.

But Meg isn’t counting on Ethan Landry, an adorable Louisiana farm boy who’s too smart for his own good. He knows Meg is hiding something big. And it just might get both of them killed. As they embark on a perilous journey to free her family once and for all, Meg discovers that there’s only one rule that really matters—survival.

Reviewed by readingwithwrin on

3 of 5 stars

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"Don't forget who is a friend and who is a foe. And don't forget, sometimes a person can be both."

We follow "Meg" who along with her family has been placed in the witness protection program. She has no idea what happened to make them be in the program,

and no one will tell her why. What she does know though is that the program is tearing her family apart.

I did really enjoy the majority of this book there were parts that seemed drawn out, and other parts that made Meg seem really naive.

I loved seeing how much she changed for the better as a person. While she might not have liked being in the program it made her into a nice person and showed her there was more to life then being the perfect popular girl. Sadly I did partly figure out why they were in the program before she did. (But that I figure is due to the amount of crime shows I watch.)

I really could have done without some of the stuff in the last few chapters though and the plan that they came up with at the end made no sense at all and was a huge risk to take.

Shockingly enough though I did enjoy the love interest in this one and I liked how it happened at a slow pace and wasn't rushed.

Wasn't expecting that ending though. I'm curious to see where the next book takes us.

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