Cryer's Cross

by Lisa McMann

[nannah]

Wow, this is a little book!

I'm always wary of books that take place in small towns because most of the time the authors live in larger towns or big cities and have no idea how creepy small towns really are--and they write small towns like "how could this happen in our lovely little small town??"

But anyway, Cryer's Cross is a book with so much potential. So much. Its protagonist, Kendall, has OCD and isn't treated poorly by the author! In fact, her OCD is what saves her in the end! Talk about a happy ending. The diversity isn't done there, because several other main characters are latin@, and written well, besides.

However, it's just so . . . short. And written so poorly. Now I'm not trying to make a personal stab at Lisa McMann (this is the first book of hers I've read), but her writing is extremely juvenile and purely functional. I wish everything in this book was expanded upon and made more vibrant!

I did end up getting involved in the story, and I ended up loving the characters, but there's nothing particularly stand-out about this book and nothing really scary about it, either.