Secret Brother

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I have been an FITA series fan since 1989. when I first read FITA. I was always heartbroken over Cory's death but, I just accepted it by the 2nd book POTW. When I learned about the Diary Series giving more insight to FITA by Christopher's side, I was elated and read the 1st book in 2 days. I read reviews on the second book before purchasing it and was so angry to find out Cory was alive and how many reviewers found the book so creepy, I finally read the 2nd book in the series and yes I felt almost betrayed by the fact of Cory is still alive and that it was very creepy. I was so upset over the 2nd book that I didn't want to read the 3rd. The reviews were mixed, mostly negative, but I just thought what the heck you already read the first 2 and I might as well read the last. I am very glad I did!! Yes the story was not about Cory more about Clara Sue, but how many answers were we really going to get from Cory who was very young when he was shut up in the attic for 3 yrs before he was dropped off at the hospital? How much could he really understand what was going on during that time? I will say when I started to read this book, I had absolutely no desire to do a review on this book nor give it 5 stars but I did and here is why: To start off the first part of the book, I absolutely HATED Clara Sue, while I understood her little brother died; I didn't understand her anger and selfish behavior and she was downright mean! It was not until she had a change of heart about the whole situation and really started to look at things differently. Then I understood her. She kind of reminded me of Cathy, with her determination and anger. Cory was still heartbreaking because you could almost feel his pain in this book because of FITA. He was very important to this particular story as I know alot of the reviewers did not see it that way. Even though Clara Sue dismissed her second encounter with him ( Willie's bedroom) by thinking that she could not get him to trust her, he did take to her more so than she had realized. They were both healing from all they had lost and they did form a bond even if it was slight, it was still there. The thing is this story took a completely different twist. Finally, one of the four children had made it to a better life that was able to break free from the anger, resentment, and torment of the what happened in the attic. Cory, who only became important to FITA was his supposed death, now is the one who survived and broke the patterns that seemed to seem to plague his family line and be able to grow, flourish, and go one with his life. That is what made this story so great. He had love, acceptance, and people he could trust. He had no need for revenge or anger. I know that when I found out from the 2nd book that he was alive, My first thought was Carrie's death was for nothing and no one had any disclosure and I was so angry that the author would do that to the fans of FITA but to see that at least one of them made it, was better and that made it a good ending to a series of what I have always perceived to be filled with sadness, now can end on a different but good note.

I kinda wanted to know more of what happens to the brother and sister