Reading Teen

I try not to read the blurb on the book jacket before I read a book. I prefer to discover the story myself without being influenced by the summary. The picture on the book jacket and the title, 'Strings Attached', were enough to spark my interest. 'Strings Attached' gives an interesting view of New York City in 1950. It is not often we get a glimpse of the underworld of the mid-20th century with the Korean War in the background. The story involves secrets and lies that bind two families together over a period of years and then ultimately tears them apart.Kit Corrigan is one of a set of triplets who have been raised in Providence, Rhode Island by a single father and his sister. They have lived a scrape together existence, never quite sure where the rent and grocery money is going to come from. It has always been Kit's dream to be on the stage....preferably Broadway. A series of events converge to blow up relationships in Kit's home and she packs her bag and heads to the bright lights of New York City. She leaves behind an angry father, a brother who might be a homosexual, a boyfriend with a temper problem and years of deception and secrets. Kit is happy working off-Broadway until her boyfriend's father shows up one night. He is a mob-connected lawyer and makes Kit "an offer that she can't refuse". As Kit tries to reconcile relationships and understand past events, she finds herself pulled deeper and deeper into a dark world.While the story held my interest, it also left me feeling sad and depressed. There was nothing remotely happy or even hopeful about Kit Corrigan's story. Even her happy times were tinged with negative emotion -- jealousy, regret, uncertainty, fear. The story was told well but in such a way that I didn't really care about the characters that much and every time I opened the book it was like a cloud went in front of the sun. The tone and mood was the book was very dark. I saw a mug that other day that said, "Coffee is not my cup of tea", which happens to be very true. Unfortunately, neither is "Strings Attached".JanethReading TeenContent: Profanity: Moderate Sexual Content: Moderate Violence: Moderate