Review: good summer read
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 13, 2013
This was an entertaining, quick read. Though fairly useless in any sort of combat and therefore unable to do much in terms of defending herself, Kate is a fairly strong character in other respects. She's quick witted, sarcastic, and relatively self assured. I particularly liked that she isn't a stick figure. She's described as a size 10 on a good day. I always appreciate seeing alternative body types (ie, not the anorexic ideal of the modern west) described as equally appealing.There was a lot of good humour here and, though no actual sex, a few steamy almost-sex scenes. This does lead me to my one significant complaint about the book though. I don't know if this is the first of a series, but there are quite a few things that are hinted at throughout the entire book, but it ends without any sort of reveal. One of these is why Ash is so interested in Kate to begin with. He purposefully seeks her out, is unusually aggressive in his pursuit of and affection for her, essentially admits to having an ulterior motive (Kate is certain there is one), and he is constantly running off and appearing again, but the reader never discovers why. In fact other than being a distraction from the mystery and adding a little spice he plays almost no role in the book. This only heightens the sense that something important has been left out. Why else is he there?I also thought some of the jokes when a little overboard. For example, theBewitchedconnection was just ludicrous. For the most part however, I enjoyed Kate's narrative style. The mystery was fun, though I don't think too many people will be overly surprised by the identity of the culprit. Still, it's an all-in-all good summer read.