Review: Great atmosphere and story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 24, 2012
With some areas of the U.S. suffering with spring floods, I could identify with the heavy atmosphere of River Rising. Ellie Coleman and her father were never close. When he is brutally attacked by a vicious violent criminal, Aaron suffers brain damage and some memory loss. Now he needs Ellie and resents the face that he does. He also tends to take that anger out on Ellie. Now it's time for Robert Lee Maggard's trial and Ellie takes Aaron home. Aaron is seeing it as a return to his independence and feels disappointed when his former life is not suddenly restored. Instead Aaron recovers a partial memory of the attack by Maggard. It was the last thing he wanted but at least he got his beloved retriever Sadie back.The rain had started before the Coleman's arrived. The river was creeping up over the levee. It was really time for them to get to safety, but Aaron delayed them to the point that it was impossible to leave. He just didn't want to leave his home. What they didn't expect was Maggard escaping from the county jail in the confusion caused by the flood.The story was exciting and it was quit reading. I enjoyed it enough to want to read more by Kevin Kearney.I received a complimentary copy of this book for review purposes.