The events of the third chapter are undoubtedly dramatic although at that point we haven't yet met the stranger with the journal mentioned in the blurb. However, there was something about the writing that grated with me. For instance, 'twilight lit the curtains' but the author's supposedly describing the point when night turns to day. Well, I don't think that's twilight... Later there's a reference to Rose slipping into a facade. I don't think you slip into a facade - behind, surely? Small things I know but they intruded on me becoming engaged with the story.