Review: In the Shadow of Greed
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 10 27, 2013
I liked the way the book started out, with the danger and intrigue surrounding Hanna's brutal attack.  After that, though, everything became a bit one-dimensional to me.  The character development for Sarah and Jason didn't really come together until way too far into the book.  The way Hanna's attacker was just suddenly announced as having been caught/killed was a let-down, with no further story or explanation other than that he'd supposedly been stalking her for weeks.... Well, how did they know that?  What lead up to them finding out who the serial killer was?  The reader wants to know these things, but those details were totally omitted.  I really liked Jason and all of his family.  Sarah... meh.... not so much.  She's too self-absorbed and argumentative.  Her character does improve some by the end of the book, but to me it was a bit too late.  Spelling and grammar errors run rampant in this book, causing total distraction from the actual story.  It's impossible to get drawn into a book when errors are constantly popping up, and I do mean constantly.  I found myself skipping paragraphs, and then pages, hoping for a good ending.  I normally don't give up on a book in that way, but the errors were just too plentiful.