Review: Pretty good for a first novel
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 19, 2010
For a first novel, I found this a pretty good read. There are 3 story lines that are well done and come together at the end. There is also a traitor in the midst of things, which keeps the suspense up.I really only found a few minor typos, so I did not find any of these distracting.Now, the women DO get pretty badly abused, except for one feisty gal. But, if you ever watch what happens in some of the lawless countries in Africa, or from some of the abuses women take in some Arab countries, it was totally believable.I did find the language a bit more 'formal' than I was used to, but I attributed that to this being by an author from the South. (We aren't nearly so polite here in the NorthEast!). It reminded me a bit of the style of the old western novels.I enjoyed reading the book, and found it more realistic than most of the self-published novels I've found so far.