Review: An unexpected dark fantasy novel
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 26, 2013
The Last Dance of Caitlyn Murphy has a lot of potential, and you can tell that the author is really creative; and even though the idea behind the plot was really good, it needs a little bit of polish when it comes to its execution. It needs to have a clear structure that would allow the reader to follow the story without getting lost, which I was in several occasions. The storytelling was a bit messy. However, the book has some very good twists, and it is very unpredictable right until the end, which I appreciate. I hate to guess the ending of a book when I'm just in the middle.I really liked the characters, and the way they interacted with each other. Specially Cait, I definitely felt sorry for her, and thought she was very resilient to get over and move on from everything she had to face. If you look in perspective, she wasn't half as messed up as she should have been.The writing is good. It is immediate, active and it shows rather than tells you what is happening.Nevertheless, the weakness of the book is that it is really confusing. I think that the author's intention was to create suspense and mystery up until the end, when everything is uncovered, but that was not achieved, because more than mysterious, it was very confusing. It kind of threw information at you, not following a clear train of ideas, like jumping from one thought to another,  making it difficult for me to follow along, at least for the first half of the book. It caused my attention to wander off. However, I will say that the end of the book was good. I liked the fact that it tied together almost every lose end.*Note: I received a free copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review, but my opinion was not biased in any way by this fact.