Anywhere but Here Book

I liked the first part of this book a whole lot more than I ended up liking the second half. The beginning was strong and I really liked the way that Millie's character was developed, along with the whole mystery aspect of who her parents are. I liked how Pablo came into her life and I enjoyed speculating as to what would happen next. But then when Millie went to the Dominican Republic the whole novel seemed to lose momentum. I felt like it dragged and it seemed forced that she was suddenly SO into her culture. Maybe this really is how I would feel if this happened to me but I had a hard time accepting her character as the novel went on. At first I thought this would be one of my new favorites but after listening to the entire thing, I am not so in love with it.