Review: Pieces in Play
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 17, 2012
The second part of The Chronicles of Nowhere carries the story somewhat forward.  Now it's the male protagonist who is injured, unconscious, close to death, and the hapless female just barely able to carry on.  It's like the photographic negative of the first book in the series.  Other characters have been introduced who will, presumably, fit into the narrative, and play a critical part when it all comes together in some as yet unpublished future segment.Once again, I commend the author on her ability to describe and use words and phrases in a remarkable, delightful way.  I won't quote any of them, because I want you to have the pleasure of reading the passages for yourself.Again with the fight scene, though I don't understand why Eliot, who could, single-handedly, hold off several of the bad guys in the first novella, had trouble with only two of them in this one.  Not just a gratuitous fight scene, though, as it does move the plot forward, and Chloe starts to be more an active player, and not just a helpless female (at last!).One complaint is the number of characters whose names start with "C"--Chloe, Cass, Charles, Charlotte, Carson, Callista, not to mention the Clones.  I find it difficult to keep track of all the characters, and having several starting with the same first letter makes it worse.  A family tree diagram would have helped, too.  If you read this review before reading the books, try making a list of names while you read.  It helps.Waiting for the last of the series.  I want to know how it all turns out.  Will it be the predictable, inevitable ending, or will the author surprise and delight with the denouement?  Stay tuned....