Review: A thrilling debut!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 31, 2013
Actions have consequences.You've heard of the ripple effect. A pebble tossed in the water creates ripples, which grow, expanding outward.Jillian is the pebble, and her affair with a married man is the first ripple.What happens after are the expanding ripples.I didn't expect to like  Jillian so much.She's messing with a married man, and no matter what lies of his she chooses to believe, it's a big no-no in my book.Powerful writing drew me to Jillian. I wanted more for her. I wanted her to be happy and free.As she gets tangled in a web of lies and infidelity, I became more and more fearful. Her obsession with her lover grows and takes a bizarre turn.If only Jillian and her roommate hadn't been mugged.If only  Calvin Kyle hadn't been the responding police officer.If only he hadn't been so attractive.If only they hadn't started their affair.A lot of if onlys.There are so many people affected by this affair. So many victims.I guess you could call them collateral damage.Jillians act of desperation plows through several families, leaving bodies in her wake.I almost didn't want to continue reading. I just knew this wasn't going to be pretty, but I had to know what happened.Boy, was I right.This short story had me sweating blood! It was relentless.Blood in the Past is only 8 chapters, but by the time you finish reading, it will feel like a lot more.The writing is bold, making this cast of dysfunctional and flawed characters come to life in the pages.As Blood in the Past is the prelude novella to the Blood for Blood Series, I can hardly wait to see what the author has cooked up for her other stories.Such strong writing, if I didn't already know, I never would have guessed this was the authors debut novel.