Review: Sojourning Souls 1: Dead Doughboy Walking
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 6, 2014
I read the second of the series for an r2r and this story was included at the end, so I guess this is pretty much an r2r too.  I discuss it in that review, but feel that I need to also go and say what I think on  the actual story.When I received the novel, I believed (through book descriptions) that it was the first of the series.  When I found this "little nugget" at the end of the story, I was quite excited.  I had wanted to know a little more about this character and here was a really good backstory of him, showing us what led him to be the way he was, how he got to where he is now, at least in part.  It had a bit of drama, where there could have been more, but we see where the turning point was in his life and I really liked that.Imagine my surprise when I headed to Goodreads to write my review.  There at the top of the page it said: Eye Spy (Sojourning Souls #2).  What?  I looked at the description and saw that this - THIS - little short story was actually #1 in the series.  That.changes.EVERYTHING.  If this is the beginning of the series, then it's nothing.  It's not good at all.  If I had read this first, I would not have even bothered with the second book (and I'm a firm believer in reading the full series) because there is nothing encouraging me to read more, nothing making me want to know more.So, in an act of protest, I guess, or something, I've decided to go with the exact middle.  As the first book in a series, this is a definite 1 or 2 star (and I very rarely rate a book that low), but as a backstory on a character, this is a definite 4, cleaned up maybe even a 5.Note: This was included with a story that I received in exchange for an honest review.