A review by anyahp
Dying Bites by D.D. Barant

2.0

Uh,aah, well... I have no idea how to review this book! I don't know what to make of it, how to feel about it, it wasn't horrible yet not that entertaining...

The beginning was a bit weird, somewhat unusual of what i'm used to expect, well... in a beginning, but now that i give it a second thought, quite cool.

This whole parallel universe was very intriguing and fascinating but the author somehow ruined it for me. Maybe it's just me, but there were way many characters, side plots going on i just couldn't follow,information assailing me from everywhere and i just tried to make sense of what the author was saying, as she was jumping from one thing to another. This book was full of inconsistencies that made it mind-boggling (at least to me).

I guess Jace Valchek was a decent character, she was snippy and ill-manered and i admit i liked her for that, though sometimes she was just too much.

Also, I'm supposed to be impressed by her skills since she's a profiler and all, but obviously am not. I don't recall her doing anything special throughout the book and while i was waiting for something extraordinary to happen towards the end as the book was reaching it's climax... we got NOTHING, a huge let-down. The ending was quite abrupt and felt rushed.

Apart from all that, it was an ok book that has potential. I will give this series another try for sure, the only reason being, that i liked (yet again) the second characters so much. I've enjoyed Charlie the golem, her bodyguard,Tanaka her fling and Doctor Pete her almost-fling...

All in all, this could be one of those books that are so awesome my petty mind can't grasp the greatness of it... then again i might be right and this one had some shortcomings.