I received this book in a goodreads giveaway. I was hooked on this book just a few pages into it. I forgot the synopsis before I started reading it, adding to my intrigue with Veda's current terror/dilemma and her back story of growing up in Vancouver. It seems that all the books I've been reading lately are split time lines, which can be hard to keep straight, but are such an enjoyable puzzle to piece together. I found Veda's complex and detailed life's story so interesting that if I didn't know it was fiction, it could pass for non-fiction. Now I just need to find someone to "read it forward".