10-04-2007, 08:28 PM
This is another Southern Gothic, an historical one, that I recently read. It was a disappointment. I had heard a lot about Dorothy Daniels and the synopsis on the back of the book was exciting. However, the book fell well short of expectation. Not very well-developed at all. Fast-paced but I felt the author was really rushing events. I think if she made it a longer story, she could have done a better job. The premise of the story is not bad, but the way it was told was too rushed. "C"