Review: A Bit Disappointing
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 1, 2014
I've never been a fan of paranormal stories...but I love Urban Legends. This book caught my interest because of the urban legend slant to the story.It began well. Frankie LaMarque and his ego. A great set up. Enter "The Highwayman" and Blood Alley, the location of the title. After that, it slowly goes downhill. The tale of the Highwayman is alluded to, but never fully explained, which makes his ghostly appearances and his tie to the highway tenuous. Repetitive passages make him less interesting, sort of mundane.A little more attention to detail, a segue into the history of the Highwayman, a better introduction to the characters, and more fleshing out of the protagonist, Claire,  and this book would have been 100% better. Her "intuitive leaps" and discovery ( a very loose term here) of the identity of the Highwayman fall flat.When all is said and done, a book that was begun with possibility ended as a gateway for a sequel. I will not be reading it. The one was too, disjointed, unfinished for me.