The premise for Charlie, Presumed Dead grabbed me and I had high expectations for a gripping read. It definitely kept me guessing and there were some spectacular twists.

Written in the first person by multiple people does make it a little difficult to keep up at times and there are times that it almost seemed the characterisation blurred. Lena and Aubrey are two very different girls, from very different backgrounds who both managed to have a long term relationship with the same guy. A fact they only discovered at his memorial service after the plane he was flying exploded and he was presumed dead.

Charlie Price was the son of a wealthy family who attended the best schools and was very well travelled. He was also suffering from a quite serious mental health issue which had gone unnoticed for most of his life. He was living two completely separate lives, with two very different girlfriends.... except I don't think they were quite as different as we were lead to believe. They had very different backgrounds, and very different upbringings but the fundamentals of their personalities weren't quite so opposite. Lena was blond and Aubrey brunette and most of their differences were quite superficial.

Lena is the spontaneous rich kid who has been in a relationship with Charlie for three years, she has given him her heart and is completely devastated by the loss. She has spend time with his family and is quite close to his parents.

Aubrey on the other hand has been quite sheltered and is the midwestern good girl. She was once totally smitten with Charlie but things had started to change. She went to the memorial service, and realised she knew no-one and had very nearly missed knowing what happened at all. Her relationship with Charlie had always been long distance and she hadn't met his family or friends.

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