A review by jeanne25
Forsaken by J.D. Barker

4.0

My fifth Barker book and still impressed with how each story carries it's own style and tone. Some of the imagery here will stick with me forever, specifically that of the minions. The timeline was short which made the novel seem to fly by. I enjoyed the alternating chapters and how they got shorter nearing the end, creating a stronger feeling that time was speeding up/running out. This story is book one so there is no tied up ending, but there is an ending and I do appreciate that. Even though I loved The Fourth Monkey series, I have complained heavily about how The Fifth To Die ended. THIS book had the perfect ratio of closure and anticipation for the next. Speaking of which, published in 2014, will there be another?