All She Ever Wanted

Title : All She Ever Wanted
Author : Patrick Redmond
Genre : Thriller
Date read : December 2008

" Only the weak fall in love. The strong survive on their own."

It's about an unsecured girl who being abandoned by her mother. Her father left them without saying goodbye just a note saying he's sorry. At school, the boys and girls were bullying her and call her names, saying that her father was in jail. She didn't have anyone to turn to. Even though her aunt and cousin always protected her, she still felt left out. Her mother hated her and blamed her for her father's missing in action. She always let her classmates taunting her, telling how ugly she was, how freaking she was until finally she had had enough. She transformed into a gorgeous lady whom everybody envied and desired. She controlled everybody around her with her new bold, self-reliant personality. Until a man came a stole her heart. She was afraid to let the love done its things but it kept her new personality in a turmoil and nothing can ever be allowed to do that. Control must be maintained and love must be on her terms. No matter how dreadful those terms might be.
The first 1/3 of the book was so touchy. It's begin with Christina Ryan's childhood life where she lost her father, bullied by her friends, lost her mother's love and earned her hatred. Then, the stories entwined into Chrissie's (That's Christina after she's changed into a new person) life as a 25 year old gorgeous. She's not the one who made the killing, but a man that was so in love with her did it. But the the court will convict her as a co-conspirator. Alexander love Chrissie, Chrissie love Jack but Jack love Ali. Alex killed Ali and Jack thought Chrissie was behind all this madness. Mmm..i like to know what happen to Chrissie coz the story end there..