Review: Interesting premise,needed judicious editing
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 18, 2011
The premise behind the 'survivors' and their subsequent discrimination was a good one.  I also liked that the main character utilized her own side effect in investigating crimes.  The mystery the main character is investigating is well twisted so that the reader isn't solving it in the first ten pages.The themes of prejudice and ethics and family dynamics were also very interesting.Unfortunately, most of the dialogue needed to be revamped - the characters sounded stilted and unrealistic when speaking to each other.Additionally, the crime solving methods of the main character left quite a bit to be desired as leads were left hanging and not investigated, certain suspects not interviewed in any real sense of the word and the abilities of the main character and her partner weren't utilized to the best of their ability.  In fact, several times it seemed as if the main character's abilities were short circuited by the author to carry the plot along.I liked the idea behind the story and the characters but much of the execution needed further development.I received a free copy of this book to review.