Review: Bravo!!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 22, 2014
Out of the three Jungle Beat Mysteries, I like this one the best.  I love that Soifua is a Samoan first and a detective second.Capitalists wanting to tap into this, mostly, untouched paradise, village chiefs enticed by the almighty American dollar with no regard for their ancestral lands, aitu, which ARE all too real for a lot of old school Samoans, palagi scientists doing research most Samoans could care less about and a couple murders.  Great story.  If you know the culture you can feel the atmosphere during the fono meetings or the kava ceremony, if you don't know the culture, I think the author does an excellent job of describing it.Hope Soifua's next adventure is just as good.  I just pre-ordered it, but it's going to be a long wait.