Joy L. (vintagejoy) - reviewed on 3/22/2010 + 337 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 4

This is a hard book for me to review, the 2 1/2 stars I gave it kind of reflects this. If this book had not been part of a challenge, I would not have finished it. The mystery itself was good, but you have to wade through alot of melodrama to get to it. The author does a fairly good job of describing the locale, the ocean, etc., but the way she describes the thoughts and emotions of the characters and their conversations is where the melodrama comes in, and it does so often. In addition she introduces so many characters in a short period of time that it took me about half-way through the book to figure out who was who.

Having said all that, there was just something about the book I liked. The ending was surprising, and the why of what was done was nothing I would have thought of. Although I figured out who "done it" I certainly did not know why. I liked the book enough to want to read the next in the series, which I never thought I would in the first 50 or so pages.

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