I am not sure how to explain how I felt about this book. For the most past I guess I liked it but there was a lot of stuff I would have cut out to make it more enjoyable. It was almost like the author wanted to many suspects. I did not like the ending it was like the author said ok I have hit my max pages I have to end it now. ( )

At first, this book seemed to be one of those books where a naive female protagonist goes searching for her brother's killer on a tropical island and gets herself into all sorts of trouble. Susan Dunne does do that. But, she also gets mixed up with two cults, one of which turns out to be extremely brutal. I found those parts of the novel to be extremely graphic and disgusting. Not my cup of tea, and for that reason I'm not rating this novel very highly. If you like stories about archaeology (which seems to be equated with the term anthropology a lot in this book), diving, tropical islands with lots of rum and natives, then maybe you'll not mind this book too much. But I found the plot line a bit too predictable and the graphic descriptions made it even less tolerable. ( )

An enjoyable read in all, but it was a slow starter and it took a while for the story to get going and then wrapping up quickly with too many loose ends. There were frustrations in between as well - short choppy sentences too often to be effective, confusing transitions, and an excess of local dialect. Narrated by the heroine, one is sometimes confused about her character as at times she is strong and independent, and other times remarkably naive. She has two goals in coming to the island, but it's not always clear which one is the priority. Perhaps a second reading will make more sense. Despite the frustrations, the author creates an interesting environment and examines concepts that are intriguing and mystifying. It also contains some very dark sexuality. ( )

I would classify more in the crime section with a bit a romance thrown in. The main charcter, Susan, comes to the island in search of some historical petroglyphs and to find out more information regarding her brothers death. She ends up finding more than she bargained for. Very easy to read and enjoyable book. The only negative is I thought the inserts a little hard to follow ( )

An enjoyable read overall, but it took a while for the story to get going, and then it wrapped up quickly with too many loose ends. There were frustrations in between as well - short choppy sentences too often to be effective, confusing transitions, and an excess of local dialect. The heroine narrates the story, but I'm not sure how reliable she is. At times she is strong and independent, but at other times she is remarkably naive. She has two goals in coming to the island, but it's not always clear which one is the priority. A few days after finishing the story, I have the urge to read it again, this time paying more attention to what the narrator is not saying. Despite the frustrations, the author creates a deliciously Gothic environment and heightens it with some very dark sexuality. That was an unexpected and appreciated pleasure. ( )