Review: Started slow, but rewards you if you stick with it
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 18, 2014
Plot: (I'm assuming you've read the summary already, so I won't recap it.  The premise attracted me: who wouldn't want to have inexhaustible wealth?)  As narrator Johnny and his buddy Dave go on a spending spree in Vegas, all seems well, but Johnny's looking over his shoulder because he expects there must sooner or later be payback for all this free money.  Maybe his paranoia is justified, maybe it's not.  The description of the Vegas trip could have been a bit tighter, in my opinion.  The boys make a second trip, and here things definitely begin to happen.  Of course the reader knows all along that there has to be some form of retribution; otherwise, why write the book?  Author Ryan Wiley does well in plotting these developments, and the last quarter of the book becomes a real page-turner.  It's also nice to see payoff for some foreshadowing that was earlier in the book, and the typing up of a major loose end in the identity of one of the minor characters.Characters: The author developed the two main characters well.  I think he took a bit of liberty by making Johnny too much of a doofus -- what 25-year-old has never had a checking account or a credit card? His buddy Dave, on the other hand, was a little _too_ competent,  a little more of an action hero than seems reasonable.  But the author went only slightly over the line, in my opinion, not so far that I couldn't suspend disbelief and immerse myself in the story.  The main villain is on stage for less time, but the author did a good job of showing him to us.  The character of Jed came on the scene late in the story, but he too was clearly drawn and acted consistently with his character.Dialog: Completely believable.Language: Generally good. There were a couple of instances of using one word where another was meant -- like their for there, though I don't think that specific error occurred. I'm guessing the author was just a hair too quick with the mouse when spell checking.  But there were not enough of these to break the story flow significantly, and I'd say this book is better edited than most of the Kindle books I've seen.Bottom line: Worth reading once, and I would read other books from this author.