Review: Runs out of puff ...
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 07 21, 2014
I am really of two minds about this book. It's at least as well written as the first one for *most* of its length. The story is reasonably interesting and the character behaviour reasonably believable ... again, for *most* of its length.The problem is, well, the ending ... it's a mix of almost fantasy wish fulfilment and really trite writing. Worse, it feels as if there should have been a third book, and the 'ending' should have been expanded to *be* that third book ... it's just too short, too sketchy and it's as if the author simply ran out of puff and just wrapped it up overnight, when it really needed a more detailed and better developed ending.Up to that point? Probably 3-4 Stars (not quite as good as the first book, which was a 4 Star, pretty much, for a self published effort). The ending, however, drags down my opinion to 2-3 Stars at best.