

Even when adults around Jane question her sanity, readers will continue to trust this character who has been so thoroughly and sympathetically unfolded. BUY THIS BOOK Rosebush Michele Jaffe, Razorbill, 16.99 (304p) ISBN 978-1-59514-353-2 Jaffe (Bad Kitty) has honed her craft with several adult thrillers, and that's a big benefit for a. More Books by Michele Jaffe The Stargazer. Jaffe fully develops the evolution of Jane's situation and the piecemeal return of her memories after her trauma-induced amnesia fades. The next, she was lying near-dead in a rosebush after a hit-and-run. She also seems to have company, as eerie threats from a "secret admirer" appear in her hospital room. And trapped in an ICU bed after a near-fatal hit and run, Jane has a lot of time to do just that. Used copy of Rosebush by Michele Jaffe for sale on Pangobooks. Jane Freeman is a believable adolescent, trivial and thoughtless most of the time, but capable of insight and empathy when she stops to think. Where this story distinguishes itself is in character development.

Jaffe, too, presents the de rigueur litany of designer names and cliquey cruelties, and there's no surprise when the villain is unveiled. Jaffe (Bad Kitty) has honed her craft with several adult thrillers, and that's a big benefit for a story that is superficially identical to a slew of recent YA novels featuring innocent heroines sucked into the popularity trap by rich girls with evil hearts. Read 534 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers.
