From the inside flap:Vibrant, sexy, and quite possibly crazy, Bernice is determined to reclaim the child she gave up for adoption five years ago. She convinces her new boyfriend, Landis, to help carry out her plan, but once the abduction is accomplished Bernice - whose own mother was given to manic episodes and strange behavior - is plagued with doubts. Will Landis stay with her, given her volatile personality and his own drifter lifestyle? Will she and Landis both end up in jail for this crime? And, most importantly, will she fail at being a mother?
I am not quite sure what led me to pick up this book to read. The cover is kind of weird and it's probably not something that I would usually be interested in. I am so glad that I found it! The premise was, and still is, very interesting to me. I really liked how the story unfolded from each of the character's perspectives and how the pieces came together. The book reminded me that no person is one thing or one event but really the culmination of all of the things that happen along the way.
That being said, there were two things that bothered me about this book. First, the narrator is different in each chapter. We hear from Bernice, Tessa, and Landis but we never hear from Emily. I would have loved to have a chapter narrated by her to see what she was thinking throughout this situation. Second, I was not really satisfied with why the police weren't called when Tessa and David realized that there daughter was missing. There was an explanation towards the end of the book but I still wasn't really convinced.
Kept me entertained.
Title: Hot Springs
Author: Geoffrey Becker
Publisher: TinHouse Books
Rating: 3/5
Source of book: Library
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