Pines

I knew very little before I bought this book as part of one of the “pop-up” deals my Kindle Fire keeps giving me. After enjoying the suspense of this first title in the trilogy, I'm glad I own all three titles so that I can breeze through all of them without interruption! The story opens, as many of the most memorable novels do, with a mystery - what's going on with the protagonist Ethan and what's the secret underneath the beautiful, odd, remote town in which he wakes up? After a slow start, the story accelerates and the action begins. While realism isn't paramount (Ethan gets beaten and drugged numerous times and yet continues to keep fleeing danger), the story is engaging. And, not to spoil anything, the jaw-dropping unveiling of the secret surprised me and pleased me at how creative and original it is! Onward to the 2nd and 3rd books in the trilogy!