A review by rebbles
At the Edge of the Haight by Katherine Seligman

3.0

Everything in this book is a loose end. I’m fine with books not tying everything up neatly with a bow at the end - in fact, that usually seems very artificial - but nothing here develops enough to be tied up. The main plot line gets exciting for about four pages and then fizzles out. The only characters she forms relationships with are a controlling boyfriend and a creepy couple that want her to live with them to replace their dead son. Then the novel ends right before what will be the most significant emotional event of her life. There are also quite a few continuity errors throughout (like a scene starting in the morning and then two paragraphs later being in the evening). This book has an interesting premise and I appreciate the effort to spotlight runaway teens, but it could have been so much more impactful with better editing.