Review: Entertaining with bits of geeky goodies.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 5, 2012
I signed up for the blog tour of this book because the summary said something about a sunken ship and I immediately thought, "Pirate treasure! Aarrggh!"So, there are no real pirates in this book. Yes, you have an old sunken ship and you have treasure, and then you have archaeologists (who are apparently all gorgeous in their own ways) and you have smugglers and rich ass collectors and you have ruthless killers. Sounds exciting, right? Well, yeah it can be. The book starts out pretty exciting. And you have a team of archaeologists diving into the ocean and discovering all sorts of treasure things. For me, that's the best part of the book -- the treasure scenes, the conversations between Charlotte and Atakan, their discussions on the artifacts and history and their theories about all those things. Interesting stuff that appeal to the geek in me. I think the suspense and thriller bits are relative. This is one of those books where the key players are revealed at some point and it is just a matter of following where the story goes and finding out how it all goes down. Not to say it's a boring read. You have an interesting set of characters and a great setting, and some of the scenes made for good intriguing parts in the book. The book is definitely entertaining enough and I'm still curious about the treasure!If you like this kind of investigative thriller--you know, one that has some kind of treasure right smack in the center of it all--you might enjoy this one.(I received a review copy of this book for a blog tour in exchange for an honest review.)