![]() 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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