Review: Okay/Good
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 14, 2012
Tricked Truth by Beth KeryI don't usually clarify my star rating but I felt I needed to with this story.  I almost always enjoy her stories to a varying degree, from good to very good except this story.  Oh...and except Velvet Cataclysm which I didn't like at all. Her writing style in this book is a bit like poetry in the way she uses her words.  Okay maybe not poetry but I don't know the word to describe it so here is an example. "The amount of incendiary material he'd built up for Grace must have been monumental." See what I mean?  The whole story is written like this, different.Now on to my thoughts about this story.First off Grace is NOT Trick's mother-in-law.  She was married to Trick's father Evan, so she is his stepmother!  Grace is described as his mother-in-law several times in the story, talk about confusing and not a good start to this book.  This story did get a bit better as it unfolded and the characters took shape for me.Trick was an asshat to Grace from the word go.  Grace was a strong, assertive woman with everyone but...Trick.  For the most part, Grace was Tricks whippy post, figuratively speaking that is--and she let him.  That's the part I disliked most, her hypnotic like acceptance of his treatment.  I understood it sure and it was explained at the end but I don't have to like it though.Then there was the mad dash to the end of the story where explanations' and secrets were revealed.  His reaction to these secrets was not what I expected meaning not much of a reaction.  No outrage or anger. The ending was just too rushed for me. I needed more closure.