Review: An exciting story about 20's Hollywood and bootlegging.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 30, 2012
I really enjoyed this book. Right from the beginning of the book there was so much going on that it just pulled me into the story. I just had to know what was going to happen next. How was Hud going to figure out what happened to Danny without getting himself hurt in the process. It was so exciting.Even though Hud wasn't a great guy I still liked him. Trying to figure out what he was going to do next was an exciting adventure. He had a way of thinking about things that I didn't really understand. Once I got towards the end of the book I finally started to understand a little of how he thought, but even then some of the ideas he came up with weren't anywhere close to what I thought he was going to do. He was almost always a step ahead and had a good idea of what everyone else was going to do before they did it. Even though his actions weren't always the nicest he did have a good heart and did what he thought was right to take care of the people that he loved. And that's what made him such a likable character. But I guess being a Rumrunner kind of lends itself to having to commit unscrupulous deeds.The story was very fast paced. There was always something going on. In Hud's search to find out who killed Danny and why he uncovered some things that really threw the story for a loop. The "family" that Hud and Danny had were all just as loyal as Hud was. Even though these people knew what Danny did they were still committed to uncovering the truth, because he was their friend. As the pieces start falling into place and Hud starts coming up with new ideas they all fall in line to make sure that Danny's death is vindicated.It was a great story. It was well written and the characters were all pretty well developed. Even the characters that didn't play a central role in the story were developed enough that you understood the part they had to play. It was well executed and exciting to read.