Allison T. (yellowapple) reviewed on 9/18/2010 + 17 more book reviews

This book was really good. I enjoyed it enough to read the follow up, and will read the thrid as well. The main characters were vivid and interesting, and not your typical, cookie-cutter romantic pair, which was refreshing--they came across realistically where every action they took didn't seem like part of some master scheme to push them together in the last few pages. The plot kept me intrigued to the very end. My only complaints about the book were the yawning passages of descriptions. Every inch of every setting was described in minute detail, and there's a lot of medical and technical jargon thrown in that, unless you're a medical examiner or other medical professional (or, I suppose, if you watch a lot of CSI), won't make much sense to you. That didn't really deter me from enjoying the book (I did, after all, immediately pick up the sequel), but I did skim through several passages that were heavy on the medical terminology or lengthy scenery descriptions. I am not anti-descriptions. Some of my favorite authors slip huge passages of descriptions into their novels, which I love. Hart's descriptions came across as very clinical and dry to me, though. This is one of the rare times when I wished for more action, less chatter.

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