Review: Wow!  Thirst is absolutely a page turner from beginning to end..
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 21, 2013
I heard about Thirst from my bff and must say thank you "S", just seeing your description of  "countdown has begun- T minus 5 days, 2 hours and 53 minutes" caught my attention instantly and I put it on my very long TBR list but I bumped it up to the next book to read and thrilled I did.This story takes place in Antarctica and was an awesome, very interesting read. Makes one stop and think of what may happen in the future.  Ms. Larkin's characters descriptions were very vivid, along with different attitudes and each character had a different specific job to perform from  medical person, a cook, management, mechanic etc.  The authors ability to give vivid descriptions made me feel like I personally knew them. Everything that L.A. Larkin described made me feel like I was a character in this story, living and working in the off the ground tent and when outside I worked right beside them and went through everything they came up against. I even felt like I was riding a snow mobile along side of them.Thirst was the type of story that at times made me go through many different feeling's,  frozen when leaving the living area,  found myself holding my breath at times, rooting for the Australian crew ,  perturbed and not at all happy with who and what the intruders were up to.I loved at the end of the story where Ms. Larkin wrote "T PLUS 2 YEARS" then her Acknowledgement after that. Knowing she actually travelled to Antarctica on a former Russian oceanographic research vessel. She actually lived, breathed and saw  what it was like to actually visit this very interesting place. She noted the turbulent seas, glaciers that were the size of small countries, and she experienced seeing abandoned stations eerily left as if the inhabitants would be returning at any moment. That had to be a great experience for sure. Imagine everything she saw and all the expert people she came across to show her what this amazing place looked and felt like in person, also all the other people she met that knew this place like the back of their hands. What a wonderful adventure and way to write such a page turning fictional story.L.A. Larkin, I thank you for sharing all you saw, experienced and learned ( proper way to sew up wounds must of been great) writing such a page turning book like ThirstI read this book a few weeks ago in the middle of a blizzard that was giving us 2-3 inches of snow an hour and howling heavy duty winds which left hundreds of thousand's of us without electricity for days, no electricity, heat, internet or phone.  We  were wearing many layers of clothes, indoors,  along with hoodies, mittens, gloves, ear muffs etc. for a few days.While reading Thirst and finding the unique clothing they all had to wear because of the frigid air and terrible winds in Antarctica,  (I luckily have many clip on lights for our Kindles)  I wanted to reach through my Kindle and grab some of their protective clothing to feel warmth.  I best read this type of story during a heat wave. ;>)Kudos L.A Larkin !! Looking forward to reading your next story.I highly recommendThirstby L.A. Larkin.