Review: Great characters in a too-short book with a cliff-hanger ending
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 6, 2014
One of my pet peeves is series books with cliff-hanger endings--I want each book to have a satisfactory ending, although I understand some threads need to be left untied to lead into the next book in the series. This book was borderline in this regard. It did have a cliff-hanger ending, but the initial mystery had been solved. At least there was some resolution. But the book is quite short, and I wondered why it was broken at this point when the story could have continued and most likely not been extremely long. I really enjoyed the setting and the characters and will probably read more. Usually I don't continue reading the series if the first book doesn't stand alone as I believe the author owes the reader a complete story (meaning one that has a resolution even if it leaves loose ends for the next book). Since the mystery introduced in the story was solved, I can overlook the "to be continued" ending.The author gave me a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.