A little bit about what you'll find reviewed here

A little bit about what you'll find reviewed on this blog: I believe the best books involve characters you wish you could read more about long after the book is finished. Recently, I've been searching for hidden gems from the past. I read mostly fiction, and I'm a bit of a prude. I don't normally enjoy books with sex or excessive language.

Who I am:
I raised two wonderful girls, and I'm super proud of them. I enjoy reading (of course), sewing, cross stitching, photography and writing. I live in the high desert portion of Washington (which I didn't know existed until my husband and I decided to move here) and have really enjoyed my time out here. I am excited to see what God has next in store for my life!

Monday, March 23, 2015

Through the Fire (First Responders #1) - Shawn Grady

This is one of the books I chose to read for my challenge.  I've never read anything by this author and this one has been up for free more than once.  I had it on my Kindle, then I'd take it off.  It's one of those books that I'm not sure I'll enjoy.  Not because I doubted the writer's ability to write a good story but it's not the kind of story I normally read.

This is the first book in the First Responders series.  The other two are called Tomorrow We Die and Falls Like Lightning.  They appear to all be stand alone stories.

Aiden has been struggling since the death of his father.  Bad decisions and rebellion have led him to put a fellow firefighter's life at risk.  When he's placed on leave, he heads down to Mexico to spend some time with his uncle.  While he's down there, a tragic accident has him hanging on to life by a thread.

When he wakes up, he finds that he's needed back at the station house.  An arsonist is heating things up in Reno and lives are being lost.  The number of fires being linked to this particular arsonist keep piling up, but the most significant one is the fire that took the life of his father.  He teams up with an investigator, Julianne, who intrigues him.  One of his friends isn't what he seems and with tensions rising, Aiden isn't sure who he can trust.

This was a pretty good book.  For the most part, I enjoyed it.  Some of the descriptions had me a little lost at times.  I'm not sure if that was because I couldn't follow the terminology or I wasn't paying enough attention.  The main focus of the book is for Aiden to accept his father's death and find the arsonist.  While this was a decent read, I don't plan on tracking any more of the books in the series.  Not because it wasn't a good book, but it's just not the type of thing I read very often.  I still give this my Good Book! review.


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