JoAnn Bassett

Slight and silly, this novel kept my interest only because a very long time ago I lived on Maui and I enjoyed revisiting the places that used to be so familiar to me. For example, a lot of the action takes place at Olo'walu, where I used to go snorkeling all the time. (There was no mansion as far as I remember when I lived there; but shortly after I moved back to the mainland a woman was killed by a shark at Olo'walu, and after that more attacks occurred there over the years.)

Anyway, other than the nostalgia factor, this novel did nothing much for me. None of the characters were fleshed out. Pali Moon is the heroine, and I had no idea how old she was or what she looked like or if I cared about her or not. The mystery didn't make much sense and wasn't all that interesting. I should have been surprised by the ending, or have guessed it, but I was so uninvested my reaction was, okay so that happened. I wouldn't read any others in the series.… (más)