First Daughter had me struggling from the beginning with confusing plot lines, characters with several names and various government agencies to try and keep straight. It had a great teaser to start off with, but then it launched into so many characters even different time frames that I had to re-read several chapters to try and understand the relevance. There was also a strong underlying anti-religion/super religious battle going on that really wasn’t of interest to me. While those charged political issues can add to a story, in this case it felt overbearing. I have the newest book in this character’s series and it doesn’t seem to have the same political message to it so hopefully I will enjoy it more. The one thing that I did find interesting about this book was the psychological aspect of the kidnapper/kidnaped relationship and how one could get to that point of Stockholm syndrome. Other than that brief spark of interest I found the rest to be typical and overly preachy, which automatically puts a bad taste in my mouth.

Reviewed by Gabi for Book Sake. http://booksake.blogspot.com