Review: Good but not Great
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 18, 2013
I enjoyed Darker by Degree for the most part but I had to give it a three star because the book dragged in some places. When it dragged on it was really hard for me to pick it back up.Maddie is a struggling actress working in a relic of a movie theatre hoping for her break into big time movie roles. She takes on the role of amateur sleuth easily when her boss and owner of the theatre is murdered. I really had a love/hate relationship with Maddie. Especially when she was engaged in conversation with Kyle, the cop who was investigating and her potential love interest. She just seemed a little too self-involved. At times, I felt like the interest was all on Kyle's side and she was just putting up with his company, having nothing better to do.During the whole murder mystery thing there was a lot going on about the Hollywood scene and making it in acting.  This just really slowed the mystery down tremendously in the middle of the book.  I was glad I eventually picked it back up though because the last quarter of the book was really good.I like the beginning and the end, so three stars for the dragging middle. The author is a really good writer, just wish she would pick up the pace and work on the relationship dynamics, so I would give this author another shot. Thanks!