Review: Darkness and Lies
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 26, 2013
I think that the uniqueness of this book is what really got me.  Everything has a twist.  The plot was also quite exciting.  I cannot believe how quickly I was hooked.  These are adventurers on the adventure of a lifetime.  There is a very intriguing love story.  Throw in some Greek mythology put into the present day and you have it!The main characters in this story are quite well developed.  You get to know about their history, their personalities, and their quirks.  They are easy to relate to because of this.  I love the fact that even the supernatural characters are relatable.  Although they are by definition larger than life, it is quite easy to see where they came from, why they are who they are, and that they are still human (to some extent anyways).Salazar's descriptions are very catching.  She uses the time that the characters are travelling between locations to fill her readers in on where they are, what it looks like, and what's happened.  She manages to do so in a manner that keeps up with the fast pace of the story as a whole.  It is so easy to lose yourself in the story because her writing flows easily from one part to the next.The twist that Salazar put on the Persephone/Hades myth really caught my attention.  She stuck true to the basis of the myth but changed everything just a little bit.  It was close enough to the original myth that you are not looking for holes in the story, but far enough away that you are not looking for holes in the mythological aspects of it.  This led to a brilliant backdrop for this adventure (aka rescue mission) and for our fact seeking travellers.