Review: Disappointing
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 11 8, 2013
I picked this book up when it was first released for less than a dollar. I loved the first book in one of Lindsay Buroker’s other series, and love following her blog, so I figured the special intro price was a great way to try another of her books. Unfortunately, I was really bored with the story.Delia and Simon are treasure hunting wannabes who have more luck swapping sarcastic remarks than they do in finding treasure. While investigating a mining cave for antiques, they instead find a recently mutiliated body. The adventure moves quickly from there as they encounter strange men on motorcycles, and some kind of monster in the forest.While I liked the witty dialogue, that was about all I liked. With the exception of Temi, who remained quite close-lipped and mysterious, the rest of the characters were pretty childish. There was little depth to any of them, and I didn’t particularly like any of them. The story is filled with sci-fi and fantasy pop culture references which didn’t contribute much to the story.Overall, the action was both quick and drawn out in this story. A lot of the significance of the events was left unexplained, hopefully to be covered later in the series. While the main plotline was neatly concluded, there was a lot of the overall series left open. A bit too much was left unexplained to really hook a reader to the series. I wasn’t captured by the premise or the characters, so I doubt I’ll continue the series.