Review: A Teaser
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 10, 2013
This is the short prequel to Elizabeth Hunter's new Cambio Springs series. It's a quick read, about 25 pages. Nothing much happens, really.Jena Crowe, darkly stunning with some Native American ancestry, is driving from Oregon to Cambio Springs, located in the Mojave Desert of Southern California. In the back seat, her two sons: Lowell Jr., age 8, and Aaron, called Bear, age 5. In the passenger seat, her husband's ashes rest in an urn.His ghost talks to her, encouraging her to enjoy her return to Cambio Springs, her home town, and to find a new love. She cries. Their conversation hints at secrets: Why did he (Lowell) have to die? How did they know he would die? Why did she think they could outrun his death by leaving Cambio Springs, so long ago?So, it's a teaser. Clearly, there is a mystery.When they arrive in Cambio Springs, we find out what Jena Crowe is -- besides a widowed mother with a culinary arts degree. But the other questions are left hanging, to successfully pique my curiosity.Written in third-person POV, Hunter's storytelling style is fine, but it does not stand out (at least, not in this short story). However, I noticed no typos, and one scene was described with promising skill (the cave).I will read the next book in the series,Shifting Dreams: A Cambio Springs Mystery.