Summary:
Skye Dennison is back. She's been visiting her maternal grandmother every day for the past few weeks to get the family history from Grandma. One day, instead of finding her grandmother ready for more chatting, she finds her dead. The family thinks it's old age, but Skye doesn't think so, and she's right. Someone's poisoned Grandma. Skye makes it her mission to find out who killed Grandma, and manages to turn up old, long-forgotten family secrets in the process.
Thoughts:
Skye is a fairly good character, sure. And she's great at being nosy enough to solve a murder. But she is so not good with men. This was what annoyed me the most about this book. Sure, she had a crappy relationship with an ex, and she's "afraid that she's going to lose herself again like she did before." But she's a much different person now. Suck it up, get over it, because you've just lost a hunk who was really in love with you, because you wouldn't let him get to second base. Really? What are you, in high school again?
Otherwise, the crime fighting stuff was okay. It's an easy read, and semi-predictable. I had a feeling I knew what the Big Family Secret (tm) was long before anything was revealed. When you put certain clues together, which I can't say for fear of spoiling the book, it's a fairly obvious ending. But it's okay. I enjoyed most of it, and will probably keep reading, just to see if Skye can get the hell over herself. (Probably not, since she seems to be Swanson's version of a Mary Sue: a character that is based on the author who gets to live out the wacky hijinks the author can't in real life.)
Pages: 251
Genre: Mystery with a dash of romance
Grade: B-
Would I Recommend?: Yeah, it's not bad.
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