Review: Another Great entry in the series.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 25, 2013
Lei appears to have put the horrors of her past behind her in this fifth book in the series. While the abuse she suffered as a child is still part of her, it does not dominate her life or define her as it did in the earliest books. She has evolved from the mistrusting loner she was in the first book to a loving friend to others here.It's good to see a character grow over the course of a series and Neal makes Lei’s growth a slow process over the five books. That’s much more realistic than the sudden turn around some authors give their characters.But Lei isn’t home free here. The possibility that she may be accused of the murder of her childhood abuser still hangs over her head. At the same time, investigating a series of suspicious suicides puts her on a collision course with Hawaii main crime family and her superiors in the FBI.Still this seemed a little lighter novel, the crime solved a little easier and faster than in the earlier books. Like Broken Ferns, the previous book in the series, this one is more about Lei than the crime she’s investigating.In her acknowledgements, Toby Neal said this was to be the last book in the series. But she also said it won’t be.To steal a lie from Cream: I’m so glad, I’m so glad, I’m glad, I’m glad, I’m glad.