Review: Glad I Answered Arcadia's Call
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 27, 2014
I am a huge fan of video games. Ghosts of ARCADIA called out to me.  With great anticipation I dived in.If there were any flaws in syntax, there were super slight.  Tense stayed the course throughout.  Very pleasing to the eyes!All of the characters (from the professor to the proxies) commanded my attention.  There was not a single one that didn’t have a purpose, whether small or huge.  I loved Miguel’s investigative tenacity.  It felt extremely realistic, and I was able to connect with him right away. Ivy was definitely a female to respect: shrewd and smart, although components of her search for the truth made her a bit reckless at times. Sandy's candor and know how reminded me of some of the gamers that I know in real life.Mind blowing is the closest I could come to describing the amount of detail involved in this work.  The gaming terminology was spot on yet you didn’t have to be a gamer to know what was going on with the story.  One of my favorite parts was the trips Miguel took in the virtual world.  It was reminiscent of Stephen King’s The Lawnmower Man in tackling the subject of virtual reality.  Yet there was something so personable about that world.  I was just like Miguel, learning the lay of each environment.  There were moments where I would pause, just to soak in the adventure before continuing to read.I almost didn’t want this to end yet when it did all I could do was nod.  For me, the lingering effect was more of an advantage than deterrent.  I say this because it was unexpected and it left room for the narrative to say “What if” or “To be continued”.  I was also extremely thrilled it wasn’t one of those instances where it was hugely predictable or “cookie cutteresque”.This is one of those works I would be proud to have a paperback copy of if it were available in that form.  I'll just have to be content with having it in my Kindle.