Title: Shelter (A Mickey Bolitar Novel)
Author: Harlan Coben
Publisher/Publication Date: Speak, August 21, 2012
Format/Source: Paperback, Purchased
Goodreads Summary
The stunning young adult debut from international bestseller Harlan Coben is now in paperback!
Mickey Bolitar's year can't get much worse. After witnessing his father's death and sending his mom to rehab, he's forced to live with his estranged uncle Myron and switch high schools. Fortunately, he's met a great girl, Ashley, and it seems like things might finally be improving. But then Ashley vanishes. Mickey follows Ashley's trail into a seedy underworld that reveals that Ashley isn't who she claimed to be. And neither was Mickey's father. Soon Mickey learns about a conspiracy so shocking that it leaves him questioning everything about the life he thought he knew. Read More
My Thoughts
Okay so I got bamboozled
into buying Shelter by Harlan Coben after reading the sample chapters online.
Some of the content was just so inappropriate that my jaw dropped and I can’t
even pick my lip up off the floor. For a YA book, the scene at the "Plan B Go-Go Lounge" in
which a teen was admitted with a fake identification was just preposterous. Do I need to say anymore? I
can’t believe I had to DNF two books in one weekend. My only advice is to
consider the target audience…..