Review: Ms. Sunday's best story in my opinion.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 19, 2014
I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.I have read several Anyta Sunday books and this story is by far her best.  Liam Davis & the Raven is an entertaining and delightful read.  Ms. Sunday was able to capture my attention from the beginning and kept it with her excellent characters.The entire story is told from Liam’s point of view.  Liam Davis is a serious journalist.  He is very factual and extremely logical, and it shows in his writing style.  Liam’s goal is to become Editor of the school’s newspaper, Scribe, so he can secure a traineeship with his father’s newspaper company.  He thinks he is on his way of accomplishing his goal, but the newspaper chief throws a wrench in his plans.  The chief decides to change things up at the newspaper in order to help his reporters grow, so he assigns everyone to a different page.  Liam who loved his politics column is now in charge of the party page.  The problem with that is, Liam doesn’t party nor does he have any interest outside of his studies and work at the newspaper.  Liam is determined not to let this stop him from reaching his objective, so he goes to his first party.While walking home from his first party, Liam is attacked and saved by the mysterious Raven.  The Raven is the campus vigilante, who has saved several people from vicious attacks.  Liam is thankful for the Raven’s help and is resolved to warn him when he realized the Raven has been receiving hate mail at the Scribe.The main focus of the entire story is Liam’s growth.  Liam is a great character.  The author does an incredible job portraying his no nonsense/logical attitude towards everything.  Most often you find these characters to be cold and unfeeling, but that’s not Liam.  He really does not understand social cues and norms.  As he meets new people and makes friends, the reader can see the slow shift from Liam’s robot mentality to an individual who sees the importance of fun and welcoming others’ feelings and thoughts.The side characters are also an added bonus to the book.  Quinn and Hunter really draw Liam out of his shell.  Quinn is patient and strong while Hunter is more in-your-face and loud.  I hope that Ms. Sunday considers writing a second book for Hunter.The only problem I had with the story, and it is a common problem I have with the author’s books, is some word choices.  For taking place in Pittsburgh, there are a few terms used that most people from the US do not use.  Like I said, it has happened previously in the books she’s written, but it was definitely better in this story than in others.Overall, a very engaging and well-crafted story about an individual who was living life solely to meet certain goals, while missing the importance stuff along the way.  Through what he perceived as a horrible event, writing the party page, Liam learned what the values of life really are.