Review: HUGE cliffhanger; complex plot
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 18, 2013
Overall: 3.5 to 4 starsPeter, a reclusive and mysterious artist, and Nancy, a journalism/literature college student, meet at his art showing. When I say Peter is mysterious, that is a serious understatement. The entire book goes along with hints and absolutely nothing is clear or resolved in this book. In fact, the ending is the biggest cliffhanger I have read in a good long time. No HEA for sure. No answers to the multitude of puzzles and mysteries presented, the characters, the situations ... nada.That said, it would seem to be a confusing and unsatisfying book, right? However, it is well written and clearly with a lot of interwoven people and characters. Some is completely unrealistic, but that is typical of the genre and I totally can overlook that minor thing. Sometimes the characters don't seem to behave true to the setup of their persona though, which was a negative to me for this book. Our hero at a couple points in the beginning seemed shy, embarrassed or unsure, which is completely not in line with the rest of his background and life presented. Our heroine knows some techniques and things in the later part of the book that are out of line with her past life as well. Those detract some, and the explanation given is not adequate to explain her in depth knowledge. Yeah, I'm avoiding spoilers there and can't be more specific.So overall 3.5 to 4 stars. This book would likely appeal most to romantic suspense style readers, lovers of complex interwoven conspiracy loaded plots with a dash of romance and/or erotica.I received a complimentary ebook copy of this via netgalley for an honest review.