The Vanishing Stair

It's a series so I will just keep everything under a spoiler tag.

I simmered in how I felt about this book. Unfortunately for me in some ways it missed the mark. I still had a lot of fun reading it. I finished it within a couple of days. Some pros: I absolutely adored that Stevie was able to dig deeper into Ellingham Academy mystery. There was still some things that she discovered with the deaths of present day students. To me I felt like we got a lot more revealed about the past which I really enjoyed. I have also listened to this on audiobook and found the narration for different characters to be great. The things that bothered me about it was the interactions mostly between Stevie and David. I won't be surprised if they are together in the final book because they've had this off and on thing. As I said in my update I know we are working with seventeen and eighteen year old logic here. I am just so frustrated by David and his total lack of understanding towards Stevie at times.Stevie has had to deal with:• Being thrust out of her school once she felt like she has meaningful and close relationships with people.• Being put in really tough place by an adult who does not want her to share why she is back at school, how she got there, and the motivation he has from it. This is just a prime example of a powerful adult exerting his power over her. • IDK DEALING WITH THE FACT THAT SOMEONE DIED!David knew how she got there. He knew there was some sort of connection with his father. Instead of approaching Stevie about any of this he waits to have this implode after they've kissed. He makes her feel guilty for withholding information from him. I can't imagine how anxiety inducing it would've been for Stevie to not share these things with anyone. You have someone who has a lot of power who has made you fearful. Where is the understanding David?Anyway, can't wait for 2020.