About The Book
Leigh Weston thought she'd left a troubled past behind when she moved back home to Carrington, North Carolina. But when dive team investigator Ryan Parker finds a body in the lake near her home, she fears the past hasn't stayed where it belongs.
My Rating:
3 out of 5 🔍🔍🔍
My Review:
Beneath The Surface by author Lynn H. Blackburn is the first
installment in the Dive Team Investigations series and my first read of this
author. I noticed AFTER
receiving my copy in the mail that it was a romantic suspense which truthfully
I never read. I didn’t pick up on the romance while reading the blurb so this
one was a surprise. But I decided to take the plunge…into Beneath The Surface! Lol!
One of the main characters is Leigh Weston a nurse practitioner
living in Carrington, North Carolina. Leigh is sort of alone right now in life
as both her parents have died and her only sibling lives far away. Leigh has
recently moved to Carrington because of some problems in her past. Ryan Parker
is a homicide investigator and volunteer underwater investigator for the
Carrington Sheriff Department. Leigh and Ryan have known each other since high
school and you can probably guess the romance part of the romantic suspense
involves these two. It wouldn’t be fair for me to critique the romantic part of
the story for a couple of reasons. One, as I stated earlier I never
intentionally read a romance unless I agree to review one thinking it was a
genre that does interest me. For that reason I don’t have many to compare to.
The other reason is most romances to me feel cheesy, unrealistic, and just
over-the-top. So I will instead focus on the suspense side which is what I
usually review.
Lynn H. Blackburn does a good job grabbing the reader’s
attention right from the start with the discovery of a dead body while dive
team investigators were doing a practice dive. Pieces of the puzzle are spread
nicely throughout the book and I never did figure out who was responsible until
the end. The ending could have been wrapped up a little better. I was left with
a big “why”? that was never really answered. There were hints but the why was
never explained or I somehow missed it. For a reader that cares more about the
suspense and mystery, leaving that part out was sort of a big deal.
Overall I liked the book, the mystery was interesting and I
did find myself wanting to keep reading to find out “whodunit”, it was just
sort of a let-down for me at the end with some unanswered questions. Fans of the
Christian Romantic Suspense genre will enjoy this the most. At the end of the
book there is a sneak peek at In Too Deep Book two in the series, expected
publication November 6, 2018. I give
this one 3 out of 5 🔎🔎🔎!
Thank you Lynn H. Blackburn and Revell Books for providing
me with a review copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review.
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