Deadly Little Secret (Touch #1)

Camelia is an ordinary teenagershe has a part time job, she gets along with her parents and does well in school. Then she meets Ben, a good looking guy who saves her life when an oncoming car swerves out of control directly in her path. Camelias immediately drawn to Ben, but theres one problem. The whole student body believes Ben to be responsible for his girlfriends accidental death. Hes ostracized from the entire student body and small town community. No one except Camelia will give him the time of day. During this same time, Camelia starts receiving disturbing phone calls and threatening messages. Ben insists he knows she is in danger, but Camelia alternates between believing him and wondering if his presence in town isnt just coincidentally synched up with the threats.
I was torn between really enjoying this book and being incredibly annoyed with it. I had a hard time with the fact that a girl so obviously in a dangerous situation would keep whats going on to herself, and it was extremely frustrating that even her friends werent urging her to seek help or take the situation as seriously as it deserved. Camelia described how her parents were going through a difficult time with the mental illness diagnosis of her mothers sister, but wouldnt her mother be MORE upset if something were to happen to Camelia and then she found out all this had been going on without her daughter ever coming to her?
On the other hand, I liked how the author switched the viewpoints between Camelia and her stalker. As the stalker grows more and more frenzied, the reader senses it in the writing which adds to the general panic and creepiness of the book. Ben was by far my favorite character. He was illusive and unpredictable. At times I thought he was the stalker, at times I did not. By the end, I was completely at a loss and the twists and turns really surprised me. I will say that the end did seem a little rushed, but I will look forward to reading the next novel. I hope that Bens condition and past are delved into more deeply as he really is a fascinating character. Overall I would give this book a positive review as a solid paranormal romance. I will read the next book in the series, but with that being said; I wont buy this book to re-read again or be upset if I cant read the sequel immediately when it is released.