I read the authors' previous book and found it enjoyable, although I felt that in the end it just didn't make much sense. But this book has a much clearer and more understandable plot.
This is plotted and constructed a bit like a mystery of the week episode of a TV detective show in that there are myriad things that have to happen for the plot to go forward and have the desired effect, Rube Goldberg-style. So, our ostensible heroine has to make certain dumb decisions in order for them to come back and bite her in the ass.
And the final plot developments also require TV-plot mechanics like unnecessary, unforced confessions in order for the viewer/reader to say, "Yep, evil was vanquished!"
Throughout the whole book the three main protagonists all seem to be candidates for madness, delusion, and wickedness. So that will keep you wondering and interested.
This is plotted and constructed a bit like a mystery of the week episode of a TV detective show in that there are myriad things that have to happen for the plot to go forward and have the desired effect, Rube Goldberg-style. So, our ostensible heroine has to make certain dumb decisions in order for them to come back and bite her in the ass.
And the final plot developments also require TV-plot mechanics like unnecessary, unforced confessions in order for the viewer/reader to say, "Yep, evil was vanquished!"
Throughout the whole book the three main protagonists all seem to be candidates for madness, delusion, and wickedness. So that will keep you wondering and interested.