Review: Powerfully Written To Capture Your Interest
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 14, 2014
For a debut novel, Samantha Jacobey took on a very large task. She chose a topic and format that are extremely difficult to accomplish successfullly, then she knocked it out of the park.She created a masterpiece.The story begins with an ending. It is the ending of a way of life for the main character, Tori, a young woman whose age we never quite pin down. Tori has lived enough for several lifetimes at this point, suffered more than her share, and is about to experience a new beginning.In the beginning Tori is a mystery to be solved. You get the feeling that she is not "innocent" but she also has the feel of "victim" around her.Through flashbacks and confessions, we learn the story of Tori's life and her involvement with a major criminal organization. True, there is graphic sex and violence, but so masterfully written that even those, including myself, who do not prefer graphic scenes in their reading, understand their part in the story being told. They in no way detract from the story.As a reader I felt compassion for Tori, both loved and lost respect for Eli, her FBI handler, and became lost in the story from beginning to end.I will be reading book two to see how this story continues.I was gifted a copy of this book but the opinions are honestly my own.I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this novel and was caught up in the story.