Title: Mortal Touch
Author: Inanna Arthen
Source: ebook from author for review
goodreads...
Seven years ago, Regan Calloway learned a
bitter lesson about the pitfalls of using psychic ability to help catch a
vicious criminal. Since retreating to the small mill town of Sheridan,
Massachusetts, she has focused her life on the second-hand store that she
manages there. But she can't completely escape her reputation, her past, or her
powers of perception. When a psychologist, Dr. Hiram Clauson, recruits Regan to
help him interview victims in a series of bizarre assaults around Sheridan,
Regan gains more knowledge than she counted on. Her investigation attracts the
attention of Jonathan Vaughn, a writer who has recently moved to Sheridan. Many
locals are curious about Jonathan's mysterious book project and his interest in
a crumbling old former commune outside of town, but no one is more intrigued
than Regan's best friend and confidante, Veronica Standish. When Veronica begs
Regan to help her find out more about Jonathan's past, she unwittingly sets up
a collision that has a shattering effect on all of their lives. Jonathan Vaughn
is older and more unusual than anyone realizes: one of the tiny and scattered
network of men and women known as vampires only to the very few whom they
trust. Jonathan never anticipates the cascading series of disasters that will
ensue when he decides to trust Regan with his secret. Along with Veronica, and
a curious young friend, Sean, Regan plunges headlong into a new reality, one in
which death is temporary, love is everlasting and blood is an elixir. As her
friendships and loyalties are torn apart, and former associates turn into
ruthless enemies, Regan must learn what can be relinquished, and what is worth
protecting at any cost. Ultimately, she confronts choices that she never
dreamed she would have to make.
My take...
Ok, here is the deal. I liked Mortal Touch
pretty well with the mystery and all the crazy that happened. Well I did until
the last half of the book. It seemed like the last part of the book every
single thing was explained to death and that about ruined the book for me. I
lost interest and found myself skipping over paragraphs. Conversations lasted
way longer than necessary. It seemed the author was trying too hard to cover
all her bases so no questions would rise up from the reader later on. But
really…does the reader need to hear of a story of someone’s youth to justify
how they got the sprinklers to go off in a restaurant?
The book was a little long for me too (400 plus pages).
Mortal Touch easily could have been 2 books with all the plots running through
the story. Sometimes I would forget about certain plots only to be reminded of
them later on. I was ‘oh yeah, I forgot about you’. And of course more
explaining would commence.
And my last fault I found was the
relationship between Jonathan and Regan. I didn’t connect with them and
everything about them seemed, well it seemed eh. Just when I thought the author
was going to bring them to a level of being more personal…it went flat. The
romance was ok, but almost nonexistent. And I understand that maybe the author
wanted it to be more of a mystery read instead of a romance. But if that is the
case…just leave the romance out altogether. I felt no spark for them. Nada.
So there you have it. I recommend this
story to anyone who enjoys vampires and a good mystery. And you know what they
say…no one reads the same book.
Thank you very much for your review!
ReplyDelete