The result? Clark has given credence to the saying “You never know if you’ll like it until you try it.” I absolutely loved it. I am very good at judging the end of books and up until I was reading the black marks on the white page I was not sure of how it would play out and even now I’m sitting here thinking “Wow… that person did it?!” And it made perfect sense.
Clark writes engaging characters who are absolutely believable as real people. They are nuanced, flawed and react to situations as any normal person would. Relationships are built, maintained, created, broken down and fixed in such a way as to make the reader think that this is how they would handle the same situation.
Her attention to detail is fantastic without being over the top so you get lost in the minutiae. It is easy to see Slades house, office and every other environment she describes. She touches on the previous two in the series enough so that the new reader understands what is happening without bogging pre-existing fans down with details of books they have already read.
By the final page I did not feel like I was missing the big picture or staring into the abyss that every reader hates known as the plot hole. Everything to do with the story was wrapped up nicely with the exception of Slade’s future which she left open ended.
Overall it was a great read. I couldn’t put it down, finished it in about six hours and now am on a mission this week to get the rest of the series.
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