Cherokee Randolph

This book is solid and well written, well edited with memorable engaging characters. Great plot, believable characters. Couldn't put it down until I was completely finished. Well written book, it keeps you guessing all the way through. The story was enjoyable. Very good with plenty of good details.

This is a first for me to read this author. I enjoyed the location and characters, so much. There are lots of likable characters, and lots of baddies to not like. It's a good read, action packed, just plain old reading entertainment. Thanks Cherokee Randolph.… (más)

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I enjoyed this book. It had a good mystery that left me wondering.

PROS:
- I was very interested in what happened. I really wanted to find out what happened to Tasha.

- I enjoyed the characters. They were done very well and believable. From Floyd and Deena's close comradery to Cheryl and what was happening in her head.

- The author was very good at making you invested in someone.

- Although there is a lot of telling in this book it actually didn't bother me. I liked hearing about a lot of the characters.

- Towards the end I thought the explanation of why Maria didn't want to work for Cheryl was great. Of all the characters I think Cheryl's had the most interesting wrap-up, even though it was a fairly short mention.

CONS:
- A minor one but sometimes similar phrases would be repeated relatively close to each other.
For example:
"She had always moved well."
Next paragraph, "Cheryl still moved well..."

Or there was occasionally an odd break, like here:
"Preston?" she said. Like she hardly remembered who Preston might be.

This didn't happen enough to bother me a lot though.

- I wasn't completely satisfied with the conclusion. To be more specific, I wanted to understand Tasha's motivations better. At the end I felt like she made a really huge move for someone her age and I didn't quite understand what prevented her from waiting a few more months, or even why she completely cut off ties with her mother. We know she lied about her reasons, which leaves us wondering about the truth, so all we had was a character deciding that maybe she was impatient to get on with her life. If that was the only reason it seemed very extreme considering what she put everyone through.
I could get some sense that her mother might have been blind to things, but what we were shown as most definitely being true didn't seem to add up as being enough of a motivator to do what she did.
At the same time I'm left with an eerie feeling because I've known someone quite like Tasha's mother - the type who practically worships their child, thinks they can do no wrong, and wears blinders when it comes to her kid. So even though I didn't leave the story with a clear motive for Tasha, I'm left with a kind of dread, wondering what her mother may have blatantly ignored.

- There were a few parts that dragged on a little bit.

Despite that, I truly enjoyed this read. I liked the way the author fleshed out the characters. I'm glad the book spent a lot of time with Floyd, because I enjoyed his approach. It was easy to keep reading. I wish there had been a bit more about Preston and Tasha and the exact circumstances there. It was mostly the bits that dragged on and the ending that I wanted a little more from that took this from five stars to four stars for me.… (más)