Book 44, 2014
Aug. 2nd, 2014 11:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chez_jaeIt took me until 11:30 Thursday night, but I finished reading Deadshifted by Cassie Alexander. The book is part of her "Edie Spence" series, and I must say, it was my least favorite so far.
The story begins at the end, and then the author goes back and tells the tale of how Edie came to be in her present circumstances. It was a different style of writing, and I didn't particularly care for it. The premise of the book is that Edie and Asher are finally taking a vacation by going on a cruise together. Asher sees an unsavory character from his past and is convinced the man is up to no good. When passengers on the ship begin coming down with a deadly disease, even Edie begins to suspect Nathaniel of foul play.
The fact that the story was set on a ship imposed certain limitations, which is to be expected. I wasn't as engaged in the story as I've been with other books in the series. In addition, there were perplexing grammatical and editing errors that caused me to re-read certain lines two or three times to understand what the author meant to say.
While I enjoy the Edie Spence novels, this one was disappointing overall.
Three stars:
★★★
The story begins at the end, and then the author goes back and tells the tale of how Edie came to be in her present circumstances. It was a different style of writing, and I didn't particularly care for it. The premise of the book is that Edie and Asher are finally taking a vacation by going on a cruise together. Asher sees an unsavory character from his past and is convinced the man is up to no good. When passengers on the ship begin coming down with a deadly disease, even Edie begins to suspect Nathaniel of foul play.
The fact that the story was set on a ship imposed certain limitations, which is to be expected. I wasn't as engaged in the story as I've been with other books in the series. In addition, there were perplexing grammatical and editing errors that caused me to re-read certain lines two or three times to understand what the author meant to say.
While I enjoy the Edie Spence novels, this one was disappointing overall.
Three stars:
★★★
