Deviant

Deviant by Helen Fitzgerald follows Abigail, a girl who has spent her life in orphanages and foster homes.  When she finds that her mother has died and receives a strange letter from her telling her about the sister and father she never knew in California her life changes.  When she arrives in California things just don't seem right and a mystery has to be solved.

This book is strange.  It was weirdly paced and seemed to change from one type of book to another several places.  There's a mystery that pops up in the last fifty pages that seems to come from nowhere.  However in spite of it's weirdness I kept reading (and I've been in a mood where I don't finish things lately) and couldn't put it down at the end.

Appropriateness:  When it comes to adult content this book has it all.  It starts with Abi befriending a girl who is working for a pimp and then moves to drinking and drugs, lawbreaking and an overdose in California.  None of the negative behaviors are glorified and the main character seems to have a good head on her shoulders and makes good decisions.  I'd recommend this book to readers 14+   

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