Tess tells her story about that night. This is a change from the first two books where Chanel is crazily running around criminals. This is sober and shows Tess/Lorraine as having a hard life and things happening that she is powerless to change. Her motivation comes from being pregnant with Chanel.

While all the series is told in the first person point-of-view, I could tell this was not Chanel telling the story. Tess' voice comes out very clearly. She is different from her daughter. Ms. Usher did well in choosing the first person POV for all the stories and is amazing to have pulled off such different voices for the two women. There was no overlap of voices. I loved Tess' thoughts about Chanel. They made me giggle as they are thoughts a mother would have.

I urge you to read the series in order. There are surprises that unfold along the way. You do not want to ruin the series for yourself. ( )