Review: Fantastic Conclusion With A Few "But..."s...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 20, 2014
I can't say enough good about this book.  Like part 1, the characters, the plot, the dialogue...everything was great.  I was really a fly on the wall, catching first-hand glimpses of Beth's and Jack's life.But...Too much replay.I totally understand, from an author's pov, why Ms. Peterson did what she did, using those flashbacks, but for someone who read the first book followed by the second, it was tedious.  I ended up skimming them instead of saying, dreamily, "Oh, yea, I remember that..."Surprisingly, the only suggestion I would have given her was to begin the flashback, as she had, then just after a few lines, used an ellipse.  If the reader had not read book one, that would have (hopefully) intrigued them enough to do so.  And for the reader who had read it a while earlier, s/he could choose to reread it again.  For someone who had recently read part 1 and then part 2, it wouldn't have been so repetitive.Having said that, the story was so great that it didn't deter me from finishing the book.  I'll read more of Ms. Peterson's work.