Echo is sixteen years old and has a great life. At least that is what she thinks until one day she wakes up in an orphanage. Echo is totally confused as she knows that she is not an orphan. Echo has a mother and father and now her goal is to find out why is in an orphanage.

At first, Echo stays by herself. One of the other orphans Cole is trying to help her out and explain just why she is there. The strange part about this orphanage is that Echo eats like crazy but never feels that she is full. Cole tells her that he will help her get out. So one night Cole shows her the way and Echo escapes. Echo runs to her family home, but it has yellow police tape across the front door.

As Echo enters her home, she knows that something is very wrong. Who was murdered, was it her mom and dad? Just as Echo is about to leave, her mom and dad drive home. Now Echo is really confused as to what is going on. Echo calls out to her parents but gets no response. Finally, everything falls into place; she is the one who is dead, but she just doesn't know why.

When Echo returns to the orphanage, Cole explain to her that they are in limbo. The main reason is that these are souls that have no idea why they were killed. Cole goes on to tell her that the only way they can be free and move on is to solve their own murders. Once you solve your murder and have some revenge, you can then go on to the next place, which would be heaven.

So as a person that believes in angels, BAD GIRL GONE by Temple Mathews really got me thinking. Of course when I was younger, I knew you either went to Heaven or Hell. Temple writes about another place, where you are just in limbo. I know people who are murdered want to get some kind of revenge on their murderer.

Temple also makes you put yourself into their lives. This is Temple's first book, and I hope not the last one. Temple is also known for as a screenwriter. BAD GIRL GONE also show s the grief that the family goes through when someone is murdered. Of course, it is the same when a loved one dies.

I will be looking forward to more of these books.