Review: Meh, not that great.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 01 28, 2013
I happen to be one of those people who 'watches' a movie in their head as they read. I like being given information to help my movie form, it sort of helps the flow. Like being able to picture where the book takes place. I read books from authors all over the world, so I'm not naive enough to expect every book to start in my back yard. The word mum was my first clue that this wasn't based in the US, so my mind then gave all of the characters British accents, only to find at 20-something percent into the book that it was in Australia. Not a huge deal except my mental movie was derailed. The entire book I had very little idea what the people looked like. Halfway through I forgot the main character's name. I know that they are perfect and beautiful, but that's about it.I take having dogs as a serious responsibility, so the way they cared (or more accurately, DIDN'T care) for Tyson was really irritating. Why even have the dog in the book at all? Just so he can hold your spare key?The only person I can really remember a detailed account of, is the bad guy. And, wow, wasn't his story line neatly wrapped up, and quick too. We're left with a complete cliffhanger, and I may be just happy to stay on the cliff and enjoy the view from there. The characters didn't draw me in nearly enough to warrant spending any amount of money to see where they go from here. I can't even find myself caring enough about WHY they are the way they are. I'm sure the answer comes out eventually in the series...at least I hope so, and this doesn't end up being completely glossed over.