Biting the Moon by Martha Grimes - A Book Review

I wish I could tell you that I liked this book, but I found it very.... unsatisfying. So, I guess this is less of a review and more of a warning. If you want to read about the unbelievable travels of 2 under aged girls, one of which has amnesia and the other a pet coyote... then this may be the book for you.

The tale was initially revetting, and it held me until about 1/4 of the way through, then the characters started to become too fantastic, too dream like and unbelievable. Everything started working out perfectly, no glitches, no hesitation. Girls traveling with a gun saving abused animals along the cross country trip to find out where the amnesia ridden character came from...

The ending left me wondering if the author was saving something for a sequel, because I really didn't feel any closure.

There were many situations that I simply said, "OH yeah right"

I don't know if I didn't like that the main character never finished anything or that the author intended for me to feel uneasy throughout the whole book. It wasn't a suspenseful uneasy, it was a sad uneasy or impatient uneasy. By the end of the book, I was tired of being uneasy and waiting for some comfort or closure or final disaster.... instead it just kind of petered off.

Biting the Moon wasn't a terrible book, but I can't say that I enjoyed it. It took about 1 day to read, mostly because I seemed to be waiting for something to happen.... that never did.

Here's the excerpt from the back of the book: "She didn't know who she was -- or where she came from. But one morning she awoke in a strange bed-and-breakfast with a message that her "daddy" would soon return from Santa Fe. Fearing the worst, this nameless young woman disappeared into the wilderness. She christened herself Andi Oliver, from the initials on her backpack, and lived int he mountains -- utterly alone. Until she met mary Dark Hope, a girl who shared her loneliness and confusion. Together, they vowed to track down the one person who held the key to Andi's identity: The stranger who abducted her"