Where Are the Children Now?

I will try not to spoil the book...too much. The main character, Melissa, is a genius, according to everyone that keeps telling her that. However, within a span of a single chapter is definitely not. (spoiler!!!) Married a guy she's known for less than a year with a sketchy story? And Melissa is supposed to be a "genius" lawyer but did absolutely ZERO research on him. (Spoiler!!!) Then she's a grade A mean person to her brother: acting like only her trauma is the one that matters. It took me multiple days to get through this book because of our protagonist Melissa. By chapter 44, I literally wanted to throw this book against the wall and hoped Melissa was killed. Sorry, not sorry. I have never disliked someone this much in any of Clark's previous works. Some of the characters were not fleshed out like Nancy and some of the stakes didn't seem so high. Also, I'd believe pigs could fly than Melissa being a lawyer. I'm happy I bought this book used as it would have been the only book I would have ever returned. Two stars cause the twist ending saved it. Either way, just skip it.