Review: Fabulous prequel
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 30, 2014
Ever find yourself wondering about a loved-book’s backstory reference and thinking “hey, I wish I could read that”? I did when I first read Cursed. I loved Emma and Zach from the start with the references to their first case, I kept going back to Goodreads, wondering if I’d missed one.I hadn’t. It wasn’t out yet. But it is now. And CAPTURED is everything I’d hoped to find when I was looking in vain for their first case together.A quick read, at just under 150 pages, CAPTURED does a great job showing what Zach and Emma were like at first meeting – and I’m thrilled to announce that Zach’s wit and charm are just as adorable as they were in Cursed. The story itself focuses more on the pair solving a case and setting up their dynamic as co-investigators, but the sparks are there. Emma’s a little more distant than she was in Cursed, and for good reason. In CAPTURED, she hasn’t had months and months to think about Zach. She’s determined to do her job and go home – like she always did.Even for a novella, the case is surprisingly complex and doesn’t feel like something just thrown together. The twists and false leads made for a compelling read and made me all the more thirsty for Reckoning.