Review: Survivalist by Circumstance - Volume Two
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 30, 2012
If you haven't read the first volume, well, that is just cheating!  Go back and read it or at least my review of it so you know what is going on but seriously, you wouldn't skip the steak to get to the dessert, would you?  Bad example - I would - but go get the first so that you know what is going on... I will wait for you to finish as I don't want to have any spoilers for you...Ok... now segment two...Mallory, Darrell, and the kids are settling in nicely at their new ranch in Santa Fe.  They have made great friends with Harley (Mallory's boss and ever so conveniently, their neighbor since they bought part of what was originally Harley's family's homestead), Arlene, and their boys.Darrell is having a blast taking care of the chickens and a few cows and Mallory has arranged her schedule so that she can spend time with the family.  The kids are swimming with the neighbors and learning how to ride the horses that they bought for the family and life is good.Rick, Darrell's best friend and neighbor from San Francisco, had popped in for an unexpected visit at the end of the first segment and Darrell finally gets to find out what Rick does for a living.  I thought this was kind of strange - I know Darrell thought he was rather unique with his love of survival tools and new knives and stuff but you live next to a guy, who is your BEST friend for like 12 yrs and you don't know what he does for a living??  Especially since you just sold your house for $3.5 million in a down market??  Wouldn't you worry that maybe he is selling meth out of the backyard and one day his lab may accidently blow up, killing your family or at least your rose bushes??  Ok... enough ranting on that little aspect...Rick has a cool job - won't say what it is because that would be a HUGE spoiler but lets just say Darrell is clueless (and no, he doesn't sell drugs).  They find some neat stuff out about the house (another cool thing!) and continue settling in.Looks like Rick and Harley are going to start working on getting Darrell more self sufficient and a shock at the end of the book sends Darrell scrambling.It is hard to write reviews when segment is only 40 pages or so long.  If you recall, you can wait until the author puts six or ten segments together into one book or you can get your instant gratification fix like I do and anxiously await each segment and devour it in a half hour :-)Either way, start the series today and we can all be Survivalist by Circumstances together :-)  You can also check out the author's other works - her Target Earth series were very good and since there were three novels in the series, can tide you over while you are waiting for the next segment ...I recommend spending a little time with Mallory, Darrell, Rick and the rest of the group today!