Review: Has a Lot of Potential
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 27, 2013
This is the first Emily Castles mystery I have ever read, and for the most part, I truly enjoyed it. Hardly any profanity (almost not worth mentioning) and no sex scenes, and a very easy-to-read book. Although this is a short book, I recommend that you have a dictionary handy. Helen Smith has a fantastic vocabulary, and her writing is very descriptive. And I can't tell you how much I appreciated that! I look forward to reading a full novel featuring the character Emily Castles.I only have one criticism, and I suppose I can identify with to a degree. I myself am an unpublished author, and I tried to write mystery. And for some reason, it never really came out the way I wanted. I had potential in the area, but it was not my most comfortable genre. In time, I think I could get better, but I sort of gave up. What I see in Helen Smith is vast potential in the area of mystery-writing, but I do wonder if it is her most comfortable genre. Perhaps when she writes a full length novel with this character, she will have more time to develop the mystery. Although portions of the mystery story were quite clever, I felt that some parts of the story did not match up.But let me say that I love the English feel of the book! Okay, so it helps that the author is English, but this book definitely has more an English feel that some "English" books I have read. I look forward to reading more from this author and Emily in the future!I was sent a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. I was not financially compensated, and all opinions are 100 percent mine.