Review: Strong Behind Her Walls
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 12, 2014
Wow, cool book.  Loved the smart heroine, Isis Blake, who is good at math and world history ("history of the planet") and talking -- she tells it how it is and stands up for what she thinks is right.  Her selfless, jaded, realist friend, Jack Hunter, does not quite know what to do with her, since she won't let him ignore her. To learn more about Jack, Isis picks his pocket and goes through his wallet.  Later in the book, she sneaks upstairs into his bedroom and reads a letter he's saved in a cigar box.  He is less stalkerish about her, although he has read her school file.  Late in the book he drives to her house and is surprised by its small size and the scraggly overgrown yard.  Frankly, I am surprised that Isis doesn't work harder on the house exterior to keep under the radar and keep up appearances.  I am sorry that Jack, who has more insight into human behavior than most people, has not put two and two together (her run-down car with a broken headlight might have tipped him off) and understood this side of Isis better.This is a story to be continued.  The ending is abrupt, but it's a stopping point.  Look forward to reading the next installment.