A review by jackiehorne
Veiled Intentions by Eileen Carr

Did not finish book.

I requested a copy from Netgalley because the subject matter (a Muslim girl arrested for a hit-and-run of a white army vet, and the prejudice/racism that results) interested me. I have to admit, though, that I DNF this after reading it halfway through. The story is told mostly from the point of view of Lily, a teacher at the school where the Muslim girl was arrested, but with the POVs of several teens thrown into the mix—I had a hard time figuring out just who this story was aimed at, adults or teens? The writing was also pretty clunky, and the characters rather flat. I didn't find any romance in the first half; perhaps it comes in more in the second? In any case, the story read more like a moral lesson than a deeply imagined story with complex characters.