This was my 1st book of this genre, I picked it for our book club. The writer does a great job of tying everything together. I ended up feeling a bit bad for this guy. He was dealt a bad card in life. It sucks. It was hard towards the end to feel bad for Jake’s mom. She was so distasteful. The last conversation she has was Karen’s mom was so over the top. If she would have said that to me I would have punched her out! Very graphic btw.