Review: Story didn't go anywhere
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 25, 2012
I had to think about this a while before I could even write this review. It was difficult to formulate what to say.The synopsis is that Ursula works for the Check Your Luck Agency, set in Singapore. The culture is very superstitious and the agency bills itself as investigators of the paranormal when strange things happen to others. In the six months Ursula has worked for them, Ursula hasn't found anything caused by the paranormal; greed, scams, etc are always uncovered. Ursula tells herself and anyone who will listen that she doesn't believe in ghosts or anything having to do with the paranormal.I found the first half of the book to be interesting due to the culture, although choppy as the storytelling jumps all over the place to give us background information. Halfway through the book we learn that Ursula is gifted and that she can see and feel ghosts and energy, but prefers to deny it, even to herself. And at this point the story direction takes a drastic change. Unfortunately, it really doesn't go anywhere other than accepting her gift. The ending is abrupt.Set in Singapore and Malaysia, we get background on a variety of things with a great deal of description. That was the best part of the story. But the descriptions of buildings were starting to get old in the second half. I couldn't connect with Ursula and never understood why she was in denial or felt being a couple of years older than a guy was too old for him.Written in UK English, an American reader might stumble a little by phrasing and spelling. But not for long and it doesn't cause a huge distraction to the story.Copy received free for review via BookRooster.