Review: Into the Darkness We Go!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 22, 2011
I generally don't read a lot of thrillers unless they come highly recommended by a friend, so I had no idea what to expect from Journey Into Darkness.The fast-pace of the first chapter drove me right into the mind and personality of flight nurse, Kim Journey, who has been carrying the weight of guilt from her five-year-old sister's disappearance around for over sixteen years. That's why Kim loves her job as a flight nurse--it allows her to travel and hang up posters of what her sister Jenny might look like today.Drawn into a bizarre mystery after discovering a human finger in a can of dog food at the scene of a rescue she and her team are called to, Kim can't resist the call to be a heroine. If she can find out who that finger with the sparkly purple nail polish belongs to, it might help ease some of the suffering she's felt over the years since her little sister was nabbed.Following Kim along through the mystery was fun. The pacing remained steady from beginning to end. The one thing that sort of got me was how neatly everything wraps up in the end. I also figured out pretty early on who the killer was, so I wasn't surprised when it all started to pull together. There were occasional scenes where I found myself wondering why the author spent so much time focusing on things that seemed to have very little to do with the overall plot, but she surprised me by finding a way to work them all in before the end.Kim Journey was definitely a fun protagonist. I would definitely read another Kim Journey book, so here's hoping Harris has plans for sequels.Overall, I give Journey into Darkness 4 out of 5 stars, mostly because it isn't a genre that I read on a regular basis. The plot flowed well. The writing was relatively clean. The characters were believable. I definitely recommend this for thriller and mystery fans