Review: a new benchmark for Marie's writing
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 30, 2014
I like Marie's writing, I've read everything you can get on Kindle books that she's written, since I enjoy the balance of passion, romance, and the real world aspects of the characters' careers, and how everything dovetails.  My criticism usually is about the brevity of her works, and though I still feel they should be longer, this book makes up for that by bringing several past characters back into the drama mix, and for those who've read the previous fatal series stories, it's like going home to familiar faces and personalities.  The artfully written story line is intense and the reader is propelled into a state of mind that really wants to turn the pages to see how things unravel.  Another aspect I feel marks a new level of detail here is the frequent allusions to modern day technologies which most of us now are quite familiar with, like texting, smart phones, pitfalls of drug abuse, teenage angst and subsequent injuries and the like.  So it feels very contemporary, and you can't help liking the family that is central to the story.  Reminds of Garrison Keiler's Tales of Lake Wogebon broadcasts, where the women are smart and capable and sexy, and the men are strong, successful and sensitive, and the bodies of the good guys are always in great shape and prepared for outrageously incredible sexual passions.  A nice diversion where the good guys always win in the end.