Hello, again

I'm going to give Library Thing another chance, provided i can keep my old Stalker at bay...and avoid the witchy, bitchy women who used Friendship, in a form of Ultimatum...Time will tell.

Sayonara

I have severed my ties with Library Thing, for several reasons (most of them boring). Hence, my reviews will be posted here, primarily...and on Good Reads and Shelfari. Amazon, if i'm feeling brave. Any other places that I can find...i'll post here.

A Roller Coaster Ride that....plummets

First Drop by Zoë Sharp
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Charlotte/Charlie Fox, a 26 year old, ex-military Sharpshooter...on her first job as a personal bodyguard. Her charge is one Trey Penzler, a typical sullen teenager with more "attitude" than sense. His father, Keith, is a computer programmer "whiz kid" who developed a program that, supposedly,predicts stock market trends, which makes it a "golden goose" for every living greedy soul. Reason enough to kill?? I would think.

This is the Fourth entry in the Charlie Fox series, and the first set in the USA...this time in Florida....Daytona Beach...during Spring Break...with all of the expected focus on Youth Culture, clothes, attitude, and slang. Never mind the Spring Nationals-the World's Most Famous Sound Off...the Olympics of Car Audio competition. Much noise...."sound and fury", while Charlie and her charge are running for their lives from every law enforcement agency in Florida. Much gunplay and a high body count give Charlie some qualms...

About halfway through, this book turned YA....when the clothes, attitude, and slang took over..and became a distraction, and i began to question the "logic" of the story.

Why would an ex-military sharpshooter/bodyguard.....with serious villains on her tail...surround herself with a bunch of "yo" teenagers, dye her hair pink, adopt an "affected" American voice...and expect to stay under cover? Seems to me that would be a sure way to get dead..

Aside from that quibble, I liked the story...at least its potential. I like Charlie Fox, no shrinking violet. She's a killer with a heart, and beats herself up about her past, like most of us

If you want to meet Charlie Fox, like i did...check out Ms Sharp's entry in the anthologyA Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir...I want to read the first three books in this series...and own the next two, after this one.....First Drop might have something to do with roller coasters....but this book was a bit short on thrills

I give it 4 Stars for story line.....2 Stars for distraction.....levels out to

3 Stars

The Resurrection and the Light (a different colour, at least)

I've been gone for a while....just became weary of Reading/Reviewing. Am slowly returning and will post a review of FIRST DROP by Zoe Sharp, as soon as I polish the edges.. Is any one out there? ;-}