I don't know why, but I'm strangely irritated by the mom... She's a bit incompetent and reckless. I think it's the fact that her son got blood on his hands to protect her (and she still has no clue). I don't know, she just doesn't seem like a respectable, responsible woman in her 30s; and that is my bare minimum standard to be considered a mom. Still enjoy the story though and hope she gets a lot of character development!