Review: I'm looking forward to a full-length novel from Daniel Pembrey
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 19, 2013
Daniel Pembrey has created an engaging main character in Nick Thorneycroft, and he's placed him in a potentially very dangerous situation. I enjoyed reading how Nick tried to do his job and at the same time piece together clues as to what happened during his blackout. This is a man who suddenly finds himself completely out of his depth, and we get to see how he deals with it.Pembrey can set a scene, and his pacing is quite good; however, the novella length ultimately hurts his story. There are too many characters, too many motivations, and too few pages. As everything rushed to the conclusion, I felt like a racecar driver who just hit a wall at speed and is left to sit there in a daze, watching a tire bounce down the track and out of sight. As it is, The Candidate is a flawed-- but good-- story that shows a lot of promise. I certainly hope Daniel Pembrey will give writing a full-length novel a try.