I grew up reading The Face on the Milk Carton books, so when I saw that there was a final book coming out I was intrigued. In Janie Face to Face, Janie goes to college and tries to just blend in. She becomes closer to the Springs (her bio family) and distances her self from the Johnsons, not that this doesn't cause her pain, she just feels it's necessary. There is also a true crime book about the kidnapping coming out and various researchers have been trying to contact everyone connected to Janie. Meanwhile we get a glimpse into Hannah. Interwoven in this story are chapters from Hannah's POV and the reader gets to see just what she was thinking that fateful day at the mall. We also get to see what has happened to her since, and all the anger she holds onto towards Janie, her parents, and society in general.

I really enjoyed revisiting Janie. I haven't read the Milk Carton books in a while, but once I started reading this one it was like they never left me. I was never once lost or confused. It was really cool to see Hannah's perspective and find out what has happened to everyone involved. The on;y thing I didn't like was that a lot of people in the book turned out to be really flawed. And I guess that's reality, not everyone is a super good person, we all think mean things at times, but it was surprising to me how many of these characters turned out to be selfish and uncaring. Another wierd thing was that the author was pretty obsessed with the whole cell phone technology. All the characters just marveled over how weird it was to have a cell phone. At this point in time I'm pretty sure that most people don't ever think about it, it's just been adapted into our every day lives.

A really awesome part of this book was the author's note at the end. She gives you insight into how this book came about and how the Milk Carton series has impacted her life. Apparently a lot of people really wanted to know what happened to Janie and Reeve (me included!) as they entered adulthood, so the author wanted to give that to us.

If you enjoyed the Milk Carton series which started all the way back in 1990, you will enjoy this book too. You probably won't need to reread as long as you vaguely remember how Janie found out about the kidnapping and her inner tumoil about being a Spring or a Johnson. The rest of the blanks are filled in nicely. I am thankful that Miss Cooney gave fans of this series one last look into Janie!

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I can't believe I actually spent the time to read the entire Janie Johnson series. I read the first book as a child, and thought I would see what had happened. The writing quality decreases and the plot gets more outlandish as the series goes on. ( )

Final installment of Janie series. Someone is trying to write a book about Janie and the kidnapping. ( )

For the most part I really loved how this series ended. I am a little confused at the decision Hannah made in the end, I thought she would have done something different by the way her character was going throughout the book, but it still worked well. ( )

The voice of the kidnapper was pretty fantastic, but the rest was just repetitive. I finished the book just to find out what happens in the end of the series! ( )