One of things I enjoyed the most about this story was how poetic is was written. I feel like the author has a knack for that. I also felt like the story flowed well and for the most part it was engaging to me, but I also felt like it was missing something that I can't quite put my finger on. There is a murder, deception, mystery all in this story which is what drew my attention to the story in the first place. I felt that for that part of the story it felt a little inadequate. I guess I was just expecting more.
I did enjoy the characters for the most part, but I felt like Kaitlin was fighting a losing battle, trying to get these 2 families together, and also I felt a little weird about the romantic aspect of the story considering the 2 involved were related even though it was not a close relation. So the romantic side of things was a little off. I also felt like the end was a little rush and incomplete.
Even so I am glad I read it. I feel like it was pretty light reading and I can dive into her other books knowing she does have a pretty decent writing style, so I do look forward to reading her other series.
Jonathan Maberry is one of my favorite writers, but this 1st book to the trilogy seemed to start very slow for me. I loved meeting the characters and learning about the small town of Pine Deep, but it seemed like there was just too much build up. I found it hard to get into the story, but I kept on with it and finally it took off and it became very engaging. I just wished it would have picked up sooner.
The story itself is pretty skittish to start with, and I was not sure what was going on or who exactly the bad guys were, or what they were, or even where they came from, but all of that fell into place once the story started to take off. Things began to become very clear, and it was an adrenalin rush from then on.
Loved, loved, loved the characters in this first installment. All of them were great. So well developed, so raw and scarred. I love that in characters because you get to see inside of them, you get to see what makes them tick. My favorite by far was Crow. I loved his personality, I loved the fact that he was gritty and never played it safe. There are also some great 'bad' guys as well. These types are the ones you want to see suffer at some point, to lose out and not prevail even though that does not always happen.
I feel like I can recommend this book to any Maberry fans that may not have read it yet. It has a lot of action packed moments, and a lot of excitement, which makes this book a definite page turner. I look forward to continuing on with this story.
