Missing Me by Sophie Mckenzie (Girl, Missing #3)

Okay, that was better Sophie.

Much better.

Well done.

So yep, the final instalment in this trilogy was so much better, well done Sophie - you kinda saved it to be honest. I mean, it wasn't as great as the first one, but it was far better than the second one.

The thing that saved this book for me that it was totally flipped on it's head, we no longer follow around Lauren (whose still whiny by the way) but her sister, Madison who I adored to pieces as a small, cute, innocent little girl. This really improved this whole book as it gave us a chance to look at the family/situations in a different way, and it gave us a break from Lauren who was kinda old news in the last one.

So Madison was actually okay, I was really scared when I started off she would be too much like teenager Lauren - but she's not. Even though they share some traits, they are a lot of little things about Madison that are more relatable: self confidence and self esteem being low, and the anxiety of social situations - which a lot of teenagers go through, trust me. Also, it was kinda nice to see an new introduction of characters in this series, it kinda refreshed the whole thing. I actually quite like having Wolf and Esme around a looking at their relationship and different personalties in detail (no matter how small or minor); and I know I should hate Esme for what she did, but... I don't blame her. As much as I like Madison, I would have done the same thing after learning she had used me.

Also, the plot kinda made more sense in this book again, it wasn't as stupid or as silly and what happened after each event was understandable and not a completely daft move or jump in conclusion. It was quite smart really, and I like the way Allan played into the whole of it (still not sure about him to be honest). It was a interesting mystery guys (although I'm still unsure whether it was illegal or not, do you know if it was?)

The thing that let this down was... guess what? Yep. Lauren. In this book Lauren is pregnant and 23 and she's still as whiny and awful as she was in the second book. What happened to impulsive, cool Lauren we saw in Girl Missing? And I mean, she was awful to Madison about Allan... Out of all people she should have understood! Ugh Lauren! I don't like the way you matured... Oh! And one other thing, the thing with Madison and Wolf happened far too quickly for me, it doesn't work like that! You don't fall in love that quickly. I hate it when authors do that...

So overall, this book was okay again, I'm still mad over the last book in the series so this was slightly tinted by that; but it was so much better. I still recommend this series, but only as a filler and to young readers (may be okay to some YA readers - can be slightly childish at times).

Age: 13+

Rating: 3/5 cookies