Review: Let me “Samauri”ze why you should buy this book.  #badwordplay
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 31, 2014
Have you heard of the show The Glades?  It’s a police procedural, a-la CSI, but it is sent in the Florida Everglades.  When I heard about that show, I thought “Oh cool, that’s a neat place to set a story, normally they’re in a major city, or a beach.  This should be interesting.”  Turns out, that show is INSUFFERABLE AND TERRIBLE.My point is, I still thought that the setting was an interesting one, and I have been keeping my eye out for something set in that area of the country, that would capture that grimy, humid, dirty, old-people-y feel of Florida.Gabriel and Thomas live in South Florida, in the everglades.  They are always going on adventures when, around the age of 10, they are pursued by a killer. This experience shapes Gabriel as a person, and follows him through his entire life, even when he becomes a part of a secret commando hostage rescue unit.My favorite part of this book was actually how vivid and real the setting felt.  I’ve never been to the everglades, but after reading this book, I don’t ever want to.  My Kindle was practically dripping with the humidity that was being conveyed to me.The story was interesting, but it sort of dragged on in parts here and there.  I did enjoy the maturation of both Gabriel and Thomas, and to see how similar, and different, they became.All in all, I enjoyed this book, enough to read the next in the series.