Review: Loved 3/4 of it
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 13, 2013
I was set to give this book a solid 4 stars...until the last installment.  I read and really enjoyed Red Church...The Drummer Boy...not so much, but since I loved Red Church I had to read McFall.  Enjoyed most of this book, although can't say so for some of the characters (as a former journalist I found Cindy "the reporter" and Sheriff Littlefield's squeeze to be obnoxious and her behavior quite unprofessional and Melanie Ward  just...bothered me.)  I do think the antagonist was revealed way too early on for my liking and too much time was spent on the "romance" lives of the local high schoolers.  Where this story really derailed for me was in the last section.  Let me say I hated the "serial" format.  If I'm interested in a book, which I was for most of this one, I want to read it straight through without Amazon holding new sections hostage and released every 2 weeks or so at THEIR convenience.  I'll never buy another Kindle serial.  But back to the 6th and final installment.  I found the ending quite unsatisfying and actually the very end quite confusing but then again I like things wrapped up nice and tight with a little bow.  I didn't feel this was.  The ending (if you want to call it that) was disappointing at best.  Sorry, but the last installment forced  me to give this book a 3 star rating instead of 4.