Review: My review from MustReadBooksOrDie
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 27, 2013
I reviewed this at MustReadBooksOrDie with my friend Shelley.Shel: This is book 1 in a novella series so you can easily read it in a very brief time span...but you may find yourself downloading the next one just to see what happens next (don't say I didn't warn you!). Court: Agreed! I was done before I even knew what hit me, but I am glad that you reminded me before I started that it is a novella series...that will eventually have FIVE parts!Shel: If you know anything about the Amanda Knox story, this one will seem very similar. The first page finds two of our characters (Daniel and Cal) waking up to a bloody mess with no clue how the heck they got there. They make a panicked decision and BOOM! we have ourselves a story. We get little bits and pieces of what their plan of action is and where their heads are, but mainly this story focuses on the story of the two police officers who begin the initial investigation.Court: Yeah. Dang, do they make some horribly bad decisions. Basing off of "those people who got stuck in Italy." Amanda Knox 2.0! Whoa! It would be the most awful thing ever to get arrested in a foreign country, because that whole "innocent until proven guilty" is a USA thing, in case you didn't know! EEEK! So I was definitely intrigued by all the little details that were discovered as the story got going!Shel: Nico and Thena, our two police officers, begin trying to piece together how Gia ends up murdered and who the possible suspects are...and honestly, no one knows (not even us!). As they compile different clues and ask the questions we get more and more muddled. After they botch a few tasks, they are dismissed for the evening and that's where the story gets very interesting and then... ENDS!!!! If you are looking for any sort of resolution you can absolutely forget it until you read further.Court: I was kind of glad that the story was more or less focused on Thena and Nico. They are very interesting, and a bit more relatable than Cal and David started out the story being. Those two are young and vulnerable in a foreign country, and are making some incredibly BAD decisions! Yikes! Things are not going to be looking good for them I am afraid........but as I figured out by the end...there are even more suspects than we realize, I think!Shel: A fun series with parallels to the real world. Check it out. Court: Yep. It is a great start to a mini-series, and the second & third one has already been released! (P.S. While I might not be 100% on board with how this series is being released, the writing is really, really, really good in my opinion!)Shelley: 3 1/2 Stars Courtney: 4 Stars