something different this time...

[Cindy]

This one's a mystery; they're calling it a dark and suspenseful noir thriller, set in the Yukon. It's won all kinds of awards and is available on OVERDRIVE in e-book format so let's spend February reading about someplace even colder than where we are.... Now, I have a confession to make. I do this... thing when I read. I do it no matter what genre I'm reading, but I suspect the temptation will be even greater with a mystery. I read the last page first. I know, it's crazy. I guess it just keeps me from being totally shocked by the ending. This time I'm determined not to succumb to the temptation. I'll let you know next week how that's going.

[Cindy]

I'll start by saying that I'm enjoying this book, though I think calling it 'dark' might be a bit of a stretch. The characters feel believable to me, flawed, yes, but real. And I'm definitely not getting any sense of 'oh yeah, this one HAS to be the bad guy'. Of course if I'd succumbed and read the last page first I'd know EXACTLY where the author was heading, now wouldn't I? The setting seems to play into the suspense, too. Knowing that the 'freeze-up' and all its isolation is just around the corner gives a kind of... ominous feeling, don't you think?