Review: What you see isn't always that good
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 2, 2012
This story is about a woman whose life isn't going the way she'd like, so she quits her job and moves in with her mom and dad in a mountain town. It only has a few spelling areas and misused words.***Spoiler Alert***The main character, Jesse, falls head over hills with a man she has spoken to for maybe twenty minutes and oddly he falls just as hard for her.Jess goes to apply for a job and is hired on the spot and told the amount she will take home each week (not the way it's done around here). Then, her employee hands her, a complete stranger, his credit card and sends her to buy clothes. (Who in their right mind would do such a thing; oh, I know, no one.) Plus, when she gets her first check it's around $200 more than promised.Working with Billy, a P.I., Jesse finds herself in many situations that a trained P.I. would never be in. And she seems to know more than he does, which doesn't amount to much.Several times there are poisonous snakes mentioned, but never once does one make an appearance. There is also a police car with a sign on top that read, Law Enforcement-Out of Control that was mentioned a few times. As a reader, I expected both these things to play a part in the story since the author pointed them out numerous times.Billy and Jesse are attempting to find a girl that disappeared. They bumble their way through, accomplishing little.At one point, Jesse decides that someone in the 3-hour drive the girl was known to have made must have seen her. Jesse's reasoning? Who drives for three hours without stopping to get gas, or at least stopping to pee. (I believe with today's speed limits people drive much further then 3 hours without stopping, especially a young, healthy person)They finally discover what happened to the girl, through pure stupidity, not reasoning.***Spoiler Alert***I understand that authors write the things that are impossible in order to take the reader into the land of make-believe, but this book left me shaking my head in disbelief way too many times. I give the book stars; mainly for effort.