Riley's parents are the definition of overprotective. It's
all out of love though, or so she thinks. When she finds a
strange birth certificate in her baby book for a Jane
Elizabeth O'Leary, she isn't so sure about her parents
motives anymore. To add on to her suspense, she starts
getting weird postcards, and clues keep coming at her that
she doesn't understand. She has to find out just who this
Jane is before it's too late.
SEE JANE RUN by Hannah Jayne is a thrilling, suspenseful
young adult novel. Jayne builds up the story in this book so
fabulously that I nearly found myself double-checking my own
birth certificate. The reader sees everything through
Riley's eyes, so as her suspicions build, so does the
reader's. At first, much like Riley, I trusted the
characters
of the story. Then, weird pieces of a complex puzzle
starting falling, and I couldn't stop reading until the very
end to find out what was going on. The mysterious figures
can get to you if you aren't used to reading more thriller
type stories like me, but I think the story is all the
better for that empathy you feel with Riley's fears, and it
isn't anything inappropriate for younger teens.
J.D. is a secondary character and Riley's potential love
interest. While I enjoy the space he gets in the story, he
is not as developed as he could be. Every so often, there is
a clue or a hint about him as a person, but it is never
explored as much as it could be. It would be interesting to
read a chapter or something from his point of view to know
what he was thinking.
Overall, I highly admire the skill Hannah Jayne put in
building up the suspense in SEE JANE RUN. If you enjoy
suspenseful YA, this is one to turn to. I did like this book
by the end easily enough to look for more from this author.
When Riley first gets the postcard tucked into her bag, she
thinks it's a joke. Then she finds a birth certificate for a
girl named Jane Elizabeth O'Leary hidden inside her baby
book.
Riley's parents have always been pretty overprotective. What
if it wasn't for her safety...but fear of her finding out
their secret? What have they been hiding? The more Riley
digs for answers, the more questions she has.
The only way to know the truth? Find out what happened to
Jane O'Leary.
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