A review by ccgwalt
Don't Look Back by Amanda Quick
4.0
3.5 for story (B-)
4.5 for narration by Josephine Bailey (A-)
Don't Look Back is typical Amanda Quick, but in this case it's a good thing. Since reading the Lake and March books years ago, I've always thought they were just that much better than Quick's average fare. Tobias March is a very entertaining hero, and Lavinia is smart, if stubborn, and is a worthy foil for March's sometimes overbearing ways. The mystery here is interesting if not complex, and has just a touch of Quick's ubiquitous paranormal elements. In this book,however,it isn't overwhelming like it is in the Vanza series.
Josephine Bailey does an excellent job with the narration. She has great male voices, and distinguishes between each one of the sizable cast of characters. Her voice is well modulated and pleasing though the prose portions of the story, and her inflections during the dialog portions are spot on.
Overall this was a fun little jaunt into the past for me.
4.5 for narration by Josephine Bailey (A-)
Don't Look Back is typical Amanda Quick, but in this case it's a good thing. Since reading the Lake and March books years ago, I've always thought they were just that much better than Quick's average fare. Tobias March is a very entertaining hero, and Lavinia is smart, if stubborn, and is a worthy foil for March's sometimes overbearing ways. The mystery here is interesting if not complex, and has just a touch of Quick's ubiquitous paranormal elements. In this book,however,it isn't overwhelming like it is in the Vanza series.
Josephine Bailey does an excellent job with the narration. She has great male voices, and distinguishes between each one of the sizable cast of characters. Her voice is well modulated and pleasing though the prose portions of the story, and her inflections during the dialog portions are spot on.
Overall this was a fun little jaunt into the past for me.