Review: Captivating!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 15, 2014
Lucy Tate's dad is an analyst for the FBI. He had the evidence to expose a dirty law enforcement officer. But before he has the chance to, he and his wife are murdered in cold blood, right in front of Lucy. Now she's on the run.I Know Lucy is written from two viewpoints - Lucy's and Zach's. Lucy's part of the story is written in third person point of view and begins in the past beginning in 2009. Zach's portion of the story is written from the first person point of view and begins in 2014. By the end of the book both portions of their story have converged to the same time.Lucy has taken on an number of different personas and learned to commit a variety of illegal activities, all in the name of survival over the past 5 years. Now she finds herself in Danville and calls herself Dani. Zach finds Dani very intriguing and can sense there is more to her than meets the eye. In trying to get her to trust him and figure her out, he starts to fall in love with her.I Know Lucy is another example of Melissa Pearl's marvellous talent for weaving a tale that will keep you captivated from page one until the end of the book. Although knowing that the activities that Lucy was involved were illegal, I felt sorry for her that this was the only way that she could think of in order to get money to survive. I do think that Ms. Pearl did an excellent job of showing Lucy's fortitude throughout the story in how she handled the terrible circumstances that she was confronted with and still maintained decent moral standards.This novel was a clean romance in that there was no sexual activity described beyond kissing. There is some milder profanity in this novel. I think this novel is appropriate for teens and older.Ms. Pearl indicated at the beginning of the novel that having her characters speak from different points of view was something new for her. I think she used it to great effect in this novel. It was a unique way to blend the past and the present together to form a complete whole.I Know Lucy is another example of Melissa Pearl's excellent skill as an author. I think I will have to keep a shelf in my library just for her books. This one is a definite keeper to read again. I give this one 5 stars out of 5.Thank you to the publisher via Mark My Words Publicity for providing a copy of the book in exchange for a fair and honest review. A positive opinion was not required. All thoughts are my own.This review was published on my blog Shelf Full of Books http://kathrynsshelffullofbooks.blogspot.com/2014/06/book-review-i-know-lucy-by-melissa-pearl.html