![]() When the pace towards the middle picks up, the events become more and more interesting until the book becomes unputdownable. I clearly remember how I went through almost the same thing when I read On the Jellicoe Road (also written by an Australian author and set in Australia- both true of this book.) Come to think of it, it’s a really a good attention buildup technique. The story is a bit slow to start and a bit confusing especially when the reader is bombarded with a lot of faceless names. Rachel actually describes James as the younger, much smarter brother of Sherlock although James simply describes himself as an academic genius and a social moron.^^ It helps that both characters are extremely smart and are genuinely interested in forensic science. ![]() The story (told by the female MC) centers on two teenagers, Rachel Watts and James Mycroft and their accidental involvement in a detective case when they found their friend, Homeless Dave, brutally murdered at a park one night. Although, there’s little romance in the story, that is definitely not the focus. I may never learn my lesson about not judging books by their cover and title because if Scarlett (see her review by clicking her name) hadn’t recommended this to me, I would probably have dismissed this as another common YA romance and wouldn’t have picked this up. ![]()
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