Review: The Secrets we hide.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 31, 2014
I downloaded this sometime ago. I think I ran into Mary on an Amazon thread sometime back. I’m always looking for new works and genre to explore. This one fits that bill. I’m not going to say it’s my all time favorite, but it’s a good story.A family’s deep secrets become revealed when the Patriarch, Charlie Blacksworth is involved in an accident, taking his life. What ensues is quite entertaining as his brother, Uncle Harry and wife Gloria can longer keep the heir apparent to Charlie’s empire, his daughter, Christine from uncovering where and why her father went to the cabin in Magdalene, New York once a month.I enjoyed the fluid writing style. I kept trying to put a finger on it and then it dawned on me, it’s like reading a script from a soap opera. Because of the way Mary keeps recounting past events, you can set the book down for a week and pick-up where you left out without having to backtrack. For me, that was a strength and weakness. I know, being a male we just want to forge ahead where women enjoy the fluff and stuff.Chronology: I’m a stickler for it and there were some scene changes with no warning or breaks in the action. Multiple times we went from New York to Chicago in the flash of an eye. That was a bit distracting.I did find a few sentences that really stumped me. The one which stands out was when Lilly and the family went to go riding. I felt the name of the horse should have been highlighted. I know I read sentence five times before I realized this wasn’t a new character, but the name of the horse.Men, it’s not a bad read. Three stars for us Alpha Males. Women, this is hands down, a five star work.