Review: Slow burn
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 29, 2014
Slow building storyline. I will start by stating this is the third book in this slow series  that I have read now, back to back in two days.  Basics are good.  Missing depth. The relationship between Larue and Callahan was never expounded upon yet we are to believe they are a couple. Too quickly do thecharacters pop up and are supposed to have believable and pertinent or integral parts of the storyline. I am intrigued enough by the basis of the story ( ghosts, possession, empaths, witch craft, etc)  to continue reading the book(s) but ' Ms. Pressey  just doesn't develop the plot or characters well.There are many mentions of Larue's past experiences and references to these yet we never get the meat of the stories. Mindy is the best friend and we are to just accept that these two ladies are tight with no actual history. Callahan is a boyfriend after three dates and they have keys to each others dotted but we have no narrative about this, again we are to take at face value. Hiring g a customer who shopped once and never mentioned is suddenly hired to run the Book Mom with no back ground.check or training. There is a lot of room for "poetic licensing" so-to-speak with regards to how the author expects us to believe the characters and story lines and scenarios as presented to us.My twelve year old son stated it best, " This reads like a rough draft where the author never filled in with detail and body to create an actual good book."I won't buy any other of her books as they are written for beginners, middle schoolers, and new readers.