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Escape (Secret Diaries, Vol 3)

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After reading #1 and #2 I thought I was in for a treat in reading the conclusion of this great trilogy. I was sorta disappointed at the end. I really enjoyed reading about Penn and Joanna throughout the entire series, really enjoying them as a couple. Most of book 3 was dealing with how Joanna and Penn are gonna live with what they know and if they can get away from Stephen. A few unanswered questions were left for me to wonder. Did Stephen read Joanna's diary? Why didn't he mention it to her? We never really knew what happened after her book was stolen. The ending...I don't know but I sorta thought it was an easy way out. I was totally thinking that the author wanted us to THINK one person and really be someone else, but didn't turn out that way. I thought it was very convient the way the whole thing ended and a little to neat and clean. After I finished the book I was left with the thought of "Oh, okay....that's it?" All that building up was for a predictable ending (when you think about it). I was hoping for a really great twist like books 1 and 2 had, but it couldn't make it to vol. 3. But overall, its still a good read to finish out the series.

The whole premise of this book can be summed up in one sentence: Now that they know Stephen is a murderer, can Joanna and Penn find a way out of the mess they created when they concealed Laurie's death? The simple plot didn't really bother me, since there was a lot of suspense. And there were some surprises (like the cabin fire that happened fairly early on, and some later on that I won't spoil). But overall, it seamed that Penn and Joanna found an unrealistically easy way out. I still reccomend this if you read the first two books, because it does conclude the story.