The only reason she gave was, "You know what you did." But none of them did. The cousins all know that 24 years ago, their grandmother, Mildred Story, sent letters to her daughter and three sons, disinheriting them and cutting off all contact. THE COUSINS is told in the voices of three teen cousins (Milly Story-Takahashi, Aubrey Story and Jason Story) and in flashbacks to 1996. There are messages about working as a team and never giving up. The interactions between many families in the novel offer conversation points regarding family dynamics, particularly how to handle difficult family histories and other unsettling subjects. Still, expect a very brief shooting and suspense, plus murders and impostors are referred to, but not shown/ written or heavily described.
For a mystery book, there isn't much violence shown/written. The narrative doesn't show much drinking (but a character is said to have gotten drunk), and characters use profanity (including "f-k" and "s-t") but not very frequently. The book is lots of fun but parents should be concerned with a few things. She wanted to write a book that doesn’t really have to do with murder, but with family, friendship and family history. Karen wrote this book for tweens and teens and it isn’t very intense. Surprisingly, the book is not about murder like most of the books by Karen M. You do realize that this entire family is based on secrets?
Years later, when Aubrey, Milly, and Jonah Story, all 18 years old, receive an enigmatic invitation to spend the summer at their grandmother's resort, they are forced to satisfy their curiosity and meet the lady who has been such a mystery their whole lives. The mother of the four kids abruptly leaves them with just one sentence: Summary: The Storys are the envy of their neighbors: affluent, gorgeous, and close-knit, they possess the largest piece of land on their East Coast island.
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