A review by siobhanward
Left to Die by Lisa Jackson

dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

If you're hoping you can read this as a standalone novel, just go ahead and give it a pass right now. Jackson uses this book to set up the rest of the series (fine), but does so by not resolving the main conflict. You're just left hanging with no inkling as to who the bad guy is or what is going to happen. I get that these series sometimes have one baddie that takes a few books to catch, but I don't think I've ever seen it happen in the first book, and certainly not to this degree.

Lack of ending aside, the book was fine. There was a whole lot of set up for no ending (and I don't want to read further into the series because really who knows how many books I'll have to read before I find a conclusion) and it felt like things just kept moving in circles. Regan's kids acted bratty but she seemed to find no fault in herself or her parenting, which was frustrating, and Selena had so little introduction into the story that for the first chunk of the book I kept thinking Jillian was the other agent... I'm sure this series gets better, since I picked up the book in a reprint, but this was a rough start.

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