When I review a book, I normally try to focus on the main story and give a brief summary. With this book, there was so much going on that I don't even know where to start. I was reading about numerous story lines at the same time, and I never was able to settle into one very long before being thrown into another one. I think the main story was supposed to be a mysterious illness, but it wasn't really the focus until the last 20% of the book. In the meantime, I was reading about:
*Grant - The new doctor's adjustments to living in town with his teenage twins
*Lauren - A nurse and her desire for a relationship, fixing other people
*Archer - A minister's struggles to balance his life
*Gina - A woman's mysterious illness
*Evan - A teenager who mistakenly took drugs, uncovering a lead in the drug problem in town
*And every once in a while there are hints of a mysterious epidemic
I think the potential was there for this to be a good story, but there was just too much going on. The resolution at the end is somewhat disappointing since the "relationship" between Grant and Lauren is left as something of a cliffhanger and apparently gets explored more in the second and third books. The other story lines in this book seemed rushed to resolution and the drug problem doesn't get resolved at all, making me think it's more of a continuous series. I'm not really fond of those, so that's a strike against it for me.
Overall, the end of the book was probably my favorite part. I wanted to like it, but there was just too much going on. I don't think I'll be reading any more in the series.
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