Be Careful What You Wish For by Jeffrey Archer

I should have known to expect a bombshell when I started Be Careful What You Wish For by Jeffrey Archer, and yet, I was still taken aback be the ending.  I really don't know what people who read these when they were actually published did.  I am not as perturbed because I can just get the next book because it has already been published.  When I catch up to the author, that will be a different story.  The ending of this one leaves not only a life in the balance, but the lives of almost the entire family minus the one that already died earlier in this book.  Yes, someone dies, but there is so much possible death suspense that I don't feel like I'm giving anything away with that.  Just when you feel like the bad guys are getting what they deserve, boom! Everything changes in the last sentences of the book, literally the last sentences.  I do have one pet peeve to mention though.  Sebatian.   He's continually talking about how poor he is and how little he has to his name.  Yet, his mother is the chairman of Barrington Shipping.  His father is a best selling author.  His uncle is in politics.  His aunt is a professor.  What am I missing here?  I guess I'm supposed to believe that his parents just totally cut him off, but I just can't.  They would never leave him high and dry.  So, that part of the story line is just not believable to me.  However, it doesn't take enough away from the story for me not to keep reading.  If you've read any of the previous books, then I don't see how you can't continue on with the story.  If you haven't read any, don't start with this one.  Definitely start at book one and go all the way through.  It's definitely worth it despite the slow start with the first book.