Book: Store-Bought Baby by Sandra Belton

Pages: 256, Hardcover

This book was not good.  It’s about a girl and her family and how they deal with the suicide of her brother.

First off, is it just me or are there a lot of YA books out there about someone committing suicide and how the main character deals with it? 

Moving on, there didn’t seem to be a lot of plot, other than the female main character (FMC) randomly decided to look for her Luce’s birth parents.  Her older brother was adopted, and she was not.  I get she wants to see his parents, and maybe connect with a part of him, but really?  She wants to go looking for her brother’s birth parents?  Seriously? 

Not only that, but while her name was mentioned, but for the life of me, I could not tell you what it is.  The book overall was very dull and lifeless, with no emotion.  The characters weren’t developed at all, and I couldn’t tell you what they were interested in.  

It just was not good.  At all.  If you want a book that’s about people dealing with someone who committed suicide, this is not the book to read.  I’d give it a 1 out of 5.