Review: A good first effort
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 25, 2013
This is more a romantic suspense novel than a true mystery.There were some inconsistencies (Jade’s son five years old most places, four years old in others) and redundancies (a sofa described with the same words in two adjacent sentences) and a few places where the text seemed a little awkward (long descriptions of a handgun where calling it a Glock or pistol would have been as effective).The climax, too, could have been a little more drawn out, providing a little more tension, and it came a little too early in the book.Bennett writes from an omniscient POV, drifting back and forth between the internal thoughts of whichever characters are having a conversation.I also wondered why didn’t Jade keep track of Mac over the years, especially after Donnie was born, and why she automatically assumed that he would try to take Donnie away from her or demand shared custody if she told him he was Mac’s son?Still, these are minor points that didn’t detract from my enjoying this novel and I’ll read more of Kathy Bennett’s work if they come my way.