Review: Good but it could have been great, but then again it was free....
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 29, 2014
I see a lot of potential in this book, I just wished it was a little more fleshed out. The characters were great, they seemed "real" enough, but the dialogue at times was just too theatrical even for an "open-minded artist."And as an artist I have to say that if someone burned my art in a fit of rage I wouldn't have just run off into the sunset so calmly they would have been left bloody and maimed at the very least. That non-reaction is what left me not believing in "Raven" (also known as Rae Ann) as a character.  It was like the destruction didn't matter to her at all, not even her internal monologue was outraged.And this same non-reaction is seen in Finn when his accountant/lover Alison steals $12,000 from him and that line of plot never gets resolved at all.  It just kind of floats in the background and comes up as filler or as the reason why no one trusts Raven. Plus there are Finn's family members who start out as major players in the storyline but just fade out randomly just when you think that they would come in as support when Raven disappears and Finn seems lost.So there are my complaints about the story and it's 3 stars for me because other than that I enjoyed myself immensely and I will definitely be reading other books from this author. She seems to produce some fun and engaging reads as long as you can overlook some missed plot points throughout.As an added plus all of these books can be independently read from each other so no annoyingly priced serials. I'm sorry but pricing a short story of 15 - 60 pages at $0.99 or sometimes $2.99 is robbery.  And that is why this rating is bumped from 3 stars to 4 stars.