Review: Crappy Cover Engaging Writing
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 4, 2011
I was very surprised by this story, I had just sort read it as a last resort but once the story began I didn't want to put it down. The writing is very good and it's the perfect start for a new series. This author definitely shows a lot of promise and I liked how the characters were portrayed and how the relationship between the hero and heroine progressed. While there were a few minor needs for editing the characters were for the most part fleshed out and multi-faceted and it flowed pretty well. My few quips are in a way both a compliment and complaint. The author is definitely more a believer in showing rather than telling which I appreciate, this book definitely makes you work a little to get the whole story, but at the same time this technique has the tendency, at least for me as a reader, to confuse or disorient me in the story. It felt like at times, since so much of this book takes place in the mind with the whole telepathy thing, that the author got caught up in writing inside their head and forgot to give us readers who aren't mind-readers all the details to get a fully clear picture. For the most part any confusing comments or memories throughout the book were pretty much explained by the end but it was a little frustrating at times wonder what the hell they were talking about. This could have just been me, or maybe this was done intentionally by the author because it certainly added to the mystery and kept me on edge but it did pull me out occasionally as well. I did have somewhat of an idea early on, on the whole who dunit but I was still guessing about the motivations till the end which is a great accomplishment for an author. And while for me some scenes ran a little long I still found myself looking over my shoulder with Anna as she was inside of the salt mine and devouring each page wondering what was going to happen next. Overall a good read that I would certainly recommend especially because it's free!