In the perfect town of Cinder Falls, a heinous crime has just uprooted the community. A wealthy businessman—well-known and respected—has been murdered, and there is little evidence to who the killer is.
Officer Oliver Keyes is struggling to make detective, and this case may finally be the break he needs. Analytical and precise, he can see the clues that no one else can, but this may end up being a curse, not a blessing. As the mystery unravels, he learns that not one, but several people are involved, and the killers are ready to strike again.
Oliver Keyes soon learns that some mysteries are too dangerous to solve, but it may be too late to stop now.
This is an Odyssey book. An interactive experience that pulls the reader in like no other book in the world. Full of suspense and terror, this is a police procedural, nerve wracking thriller that will keep you guessing until the very last page.
"obtrusive bright blue hyperlinks in the middle of the detective story: that's right it is a Choose Your Own Adventure...but it uses the same hyperlinks for items external to the book it wants to you buy or look up."
Reviewer: Reader for Bookangel.
I was promised a uniquely interactive detective story. I got Choose Your own Adventure.
I could not get past the obtrusive bright blue hyperlinks in the middle of the detective story: oh, that's right it is a Choose Your Own Adventure. However it also has the same style of hyperlinks in the middle of sections to link to online resources/books it wants you to buy, which means if you are reading on a Kindle expect to rack up a phone bill finding out what is a story link and what isn't.
There are some early spelling and grammar errors"as Duke's body lied behind her" should be "as Duke's body lay behind her" - unless you're in a genre where the corpse is walking and talking.
However in trying to fuse two genres, it breaks two important conventions of the second. By convention Choose Your Own Adventure are written in second person, but that is forgivable. The second is that your choices should make a difference to the plot. Several, including the first, do not and by all resolving at the same point after the second choice, it means there is little story difference. Same plot, different window dressing. And that's when I put it down.
Did Not Finish. I have asked a friend to have a look.
I am not really sure how I feel about the whole choose your own adventure thing. Plus, the fact that there are hyperlinks in the middle is really really off putting to me. I want to give it a shot though, and it would be something new, and maybe a nice change of pace. I am not sure yet, though.
Just reading that review was painful enough. It doesn't sound like a story I would want to read. Especially not if there are grammar and punctuation mistakes in it. That, for me, is a deal-breaker. At first it sounded interesting thinking that I might be able to choose my own direction for the story, but it that doesn't even make much difference, then what's the point? Guess I'll give this one a pass.
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