false 4 0 false false Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 15:19:09 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 11:26:29 -0800 2009

 

This book is a tie in for the series Castle on ABC. My husband and I are fans of the show and pre-ordered the book before it was released.

This book is exactly what you would expect if Richard Castle were a real author. The book is hardly fine literature and the characters are predictable and shallow but that doesn't detract from the story being fun. I don't want to spoil any of the plot details and possibly give away the whodunit aspect of the plot but I will say is that it is as well conceived as the episodes of Castle--a few twists combined with the right level of sardonic humor.

The sexual tension between Nikki Heat and Rook is a bit cheesy and contrived but, again, its what I would expect from a Richard Castle book, so it is all part of the fun.

Audiobook Details

I wish my comments on the audiobook version was as positive as those for the story but the reading wasn't quite up to par. The reader has an extremely gruff voice which seems an odd choice for a book told primarily from the perspective of a young female detective. The reader, Johnny Heller, does not attempt to do any voice articulation for the various characters but does do some of their accents. Again, this was fairly frustrating since the Swedish nanny sounded remarkably like Apu Nahasapeemapetilon.

My last gripe with the reading is that there are a few points in the reading in which it is a bit hard to tell between the words "Heat" and "He." This was particularly problematic during the interrogation scenes when Nikki Heat, Rook and the suspect was present since it was unclear who was asking the questions.]]>