February 7, 2011

Sandra Grey's TRIBUNAL

It is a shame to open a book review of such an outstanding book with—I was disappointed. Even though, as an aspiring author, I understand Sandra Grey’s reasoning for some of her first chapters. If you pick-up this book, and I strongly recommend that you do, be sure to read the PROLOGUE. Sandra follows the events of her story chronologically. This means that you are in for a heavy dose of her bad guy, Vicktor Rostov, who isn’t really a bad guy but must act because he is acted upon, in the early chapters. I found that these chapters almost caused me to put the book down. I am so glad that I didn’t!

If you read her first book, Traitor, I’m sure that you wondered what happened to Rolf Schulmann—will he pay for the crimes of war? Marie Jacobson—will she still love him when she learns the truth? Hans Brenner—will he love as his best friend has, overcoming his own trials and sacrifice himself as he has seen Rolf do?

Tribunal picks up where Traitor left off without making one who hasn’t read the first installment of this trilogy feel lost. She introduces a new heroine, Natalie Allred, with ingenuity. She too has her secrets.

Having introduced her major cast of characters, I encourage you to take a journey with Sandra Grey that will take you back in history to the post war drama of 1945. These characters feel real from the moment you meet them on the page. You feel what they feel, you fear what they fear, and you crave to know the secrets that they keep.

I give this read 4 1/2 stars because she almost lost me at the get-go.

Coming soon—review of Trespass, the third in Sandra Grey’s series.

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