Review: Fascinating
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 11, 2013
You get hooked and just can't stop reading.  The plot is face paced, the characters are intense and richly drawn, and the protagonists are among my favorite kind - people you should dislike or even hate, but just can't help loving.  I also really appreciate that Sakavic makes you work to understand certain things - she hints at motivations, gives you a taste of what is to come, but doesn't spell it out for you.  It is writing you can really bite into.  Smart and jarring, while also sometimes beautiful, even sublime.There were several things about this and Foxhole Court that continue to bug me, like the fact that Division 1 college athletes seem to smoke all the time, or that a Division 1 team barely has the minimum number of athletes to play.  Or that they all come from totally dysfunctional backgrounds (the reasons given still don't add up).  And the Yakusa have control of crime syndicates on the U.S. Eastern seaboard?  And...There are several times in both books that I have to force myself to suspend disbelief.But these hiccups are well worth the beauty of the writing and the overall impact of the story, plot and characters.  Can't wait for the last installment!