Sylvie Davis is an interesting character. She is stubborn and witty, and resolved to do exactly the opposite of what everyone else tells her to do. She may sound like the average heroine, but this is what makes her special: she is a crippled former ballerina, determined to overcome her injuries and dance again.
In the beginning of the book, she is especially stubborn and self-centered. After her new stepbrother told her mother and stepfather that she had gotten drunk at their wedding reception (and got her carted off to her cousin's house out in Alabama), Sylvie finds it especially hard to trust people. She is very wary of everyone, and often takes matters into her own hands instead of letting anyone else handle it.
As the story progresses, though, Sylvie begins to confide in certain people she has developed a close bond with, like Rhys, a guest of her cousin's who is visiting from Wales. She had begun to trust Rhys enough to start a relationship with him, and confide in him after she slowly begins to lose her sanity. And after the climax of the story, she seems to be closer to everyone she met in the past week.
At the end of the book, Sylvie not only seems to have become more trusting, she also is much more worldly and mature. Which makes it safe to say, that a possible theme for this story would be: Trust will assist in overcoming obstacles.
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