Review: How high should my disbelief be suspended?
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 07 10, 2012
Naturally some suspension of disbelief needs to come into play for any paranormal or supernatural story, but this one requires a high degree of it.  The kindest thing I can say is that this book shsould have seen the desk and red pen of a good editor.  The storyline could have been tightened up in many, many places; inconsistencies could have been removed, and dialogue redone to be more conversational and believeable.  And the ending...  could have been entirely re-written.  Actually, my biggest complaint is the ending - maudlin doesn't even begin to cover it.  The rest of the issues paled by comparison.The plot had potential, though it was a bit on the trite side.  The characters were fairly 2-dimensional, and didn't always display an internal consistency in how they were portrayed, but then the story wasn't really about character development.  There were several scenes that were just thrown in for no reason I could see - they didn't actually advance the story - and they served only to detract from the true thread of the story.  I also got the feeling that as the story progressed, the author started to feel that her 'good guys' weren't good enough and her 'bad guys' not bad enough, so started to lay on additional details to more firmly push them to one side or the other. The extra information just sort of lay on top of what had gone before and made the reader wonder what purpose it was supposed to serve.Not recommended.Note on Kindle formatting:  Very good - but a well-formatted book does not make up for lack of good writing.