Imogen's Secret by B. Fleetwood

Imogen's Secret tells the story of 16 year-old Imogen.  She lives with her mother, who has been comatose for almost 10 years. She visits her grandfather at the care center he lives in, and attends college with her best friend, Chrissie.

Imogen has always known she was different from everyone else.  She's spent her life pretending to be normal.  She even has drills she goes through on a regular basis that her grandfather taught her.

As the story unfolds new characters emerge.  First Imogen meets Araz.  He makes her nervous, but she's unsure of why or what it is about him.  She tries to avoid him, while he tries to get close to her.  She eventually meets Leo.  He confuses her.  Both Leo and her grandfather, Harry say they have known each other for years, however Leo can't be much more than a year older than Imogen.

Imogen eventually realizes that both Leo and Harry are keeping things from her, important things.  Imogen begins to put the pieces together herself, but they don't make sense.  By the end of the book she has put the pieces together, but still has to finish coming to terms with the truth.

At first I found this book confusing.  There would be chapters about Imogen, then it would go to a different set of characters in another place and time. I eventually realized these confusing chapters were the "pieces" Imogen needed to put together the puzzle of her life.  I found myself taking notes to keep things straight.  At one point I contemplated making like a family tree.  This really frustrated me.

By the end of the book the pieces had fallen into place.  I was really enjoying the book.  Then it ended.  I don't know that it really felt like the end of the book, but I guess that was this author's way of getting you to read the rest of the series. 

I received an Advanced Review Copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.