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This is a fun popcorn novel that requires quite a bit of suspension of belief. First, the protagonist is your typical Hollywood hero; highly skilled and trained ex-SEAL, ex-law enforcement. When stalkers attempt to kidnap the teen daughter of a wealthy neurosurgeon, he and his reluctant wife turn to Jon Lancaster for help. Despite being all the above, Lancaster is a pot-bellied foul smelling man who accepts merchandise for payment instead of cash and looks nothing like the skilled investigator he is. The story unfolds as he investigates who is stalking and trying to abduct the teen, Nicki Pearl. This leads to several surprising twists and reveals before the dark answer is finally revealed.

I liked the book for the most part but a couple things took away from the fun. First, the story feels longer than it should be. While I appreciate the author's desire to describe and explain everything, there are times where it simply is not necessary. For example, do we really need Lancaster's musings about how a surly Cuban maintenance worker is likely surly because he may have once been a doctor or lawyer in his native Cuba before boarding a makeshift tire raft to flee to the U.S. only to face disappointment? Just say he's surly. No further reason or explanation is necessary because he's only in the story for a minute, if that. Another problem is the lack of continuity for some aspects of the story. For example, we're told that Lancaster is this crack shot investigator who belongs to this elite team of ex-law enforcement and now uses all this state of the art technology that wasn't available to Lancaster during his days as a cop. However, we rarely see this exotic tech in action as Lancaster spends the bulk of the book utilizing old-school investigative techniques. My last gripe is a minor one but a biggie to me. If an author isn't familiar with tech, they really shouldn't try to sound too technical. I cringed when I read the line "He gets a new IP address with each new laptop, which makes it harder to catch him". The point being that one character frequently buys new laptops to get new IP addresses to avoid detection. However, these laptops are used at the same location. Anyone with even a morsel of tech savvy knows that simply buying different laptops will not change the ISP's WAN IP. If Swain had a tech adviser or even a tech savvy friend, they could have advised him against writing that line and suggested that the character either use a VPN or one of many more effective means that actually work to mask an IP rather than the ridiculous notion of buying a new laptop to change an IP address.

In addition to the bad laptop IP example, there are several other instances where suspension of belief is practically mandatory in order to continue reading. There is one part of the narrative where an FBI agent does something so ridiculously outrageous and over the top that I nearly stopped reading right there. Not only was it absurdly outside the realm of what law enforcement would do in that situation but a bit demeaning as well. I can't say more without spoiling but there were several other instances where, although not quite as bad as the FBI example, I felt like the author really pushed the boundaries of believably. However, the story was still entertaining nonetheless.

Despite my gripes with the book, I did enjoy reading it. I think it's a good choice if looking for light entertainment and nothing more. This book should be read with all the seriousness of watching a Die Hard or Fast & Furious movie. As long as expectations are kept at that level, it's a fun read. The pacing is good and the characters interesting enough to make it a nonstop read despite the flaws. Even though the subtitle says book 1 of 2, this is a complete story and the ending provides adequate closure, so don't let the book 1 of 2 subtitle scare you off. There are no irritating cliffhangers nor a mandatory requirement to read book two.

Content warning: Rape, sexual assault, sexual situations, pedophilia, human trafficking, violence and profanity.


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The King Tides Lancaster Daniels Book 1 edition by James Swain Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews

True story I once had a stalker back in the day. For the most part, she wasn't so bad; she gave me free hot chocolate every day and was always friendly. But when she joked about kidnapping me and bringing me back to her place, I got a little alarmed and came up with an elaborate scheme to solve it on my own. And it worked. But this teenager had SEVERAL of them at once, and creating a fake significant other from another town wasn't going to do it for her. This premise was definitely intriguing and the reason I chose this one as my First Reads option for the month. And while I was ultimately disappointed in the explanation for it, the book was still enjoyable overall and a good way to spend an afternoon.

First off, there's a fair amount of adult content. Nothing like Game of Thrones, but there are a few sex scenes and strip clubs and the like. I wouldn't say they're in detail and all that obscene, but more than the fade to black method where sex is simply implied. Depictions of rape are also brought up multiple times. Swearing is pretty mild, except for a few F-tomic bombs sprinkled in occasionally and several in one scene towards the end.

This is classic third person which is refreshing, and I think it's from Lancaster's POV the whole time, with some occasional Omniscience seasoning. Oh, and if you're the ONE person who has access to but knows nothing about technology or what YouTube is, all this stuff is explained for you so you have a chance to figure out the clues for yourself. Sort of an odd choice, but at least actual places like McDonalds and are brought up instead of McDaniels and Burger Queen.

For me, none of the characters stood out for being amazing, but most of them were at least likeable. I like some of the unusual traits of Lancaster and his Don't Judge the E-book by its Title JPEG skills, but I'm not sure what exactly he's "allowed" to do in his job. Right upfront he mentions he likes being a 3.14159 (Private Investigator, aka PI...) because he doesn't have to follow the laws like they do, which I see as more of a cop-out--Or cop-away in this instance?--to give him more leeway than a traditional detective. But I also don't know the laws of this Graham Cracker Crust profession, so maybe that's true. (PI again.)

You probably noticed that this is part of the series and some Boone like figure will be important, but Daniels takes a bit to show up in the story. It's definitely a major turning point and shifts the tone and feel of the book in a new direction when she appears. For me she was a bit irritating at first, but I feel like she makes for a good balance to Lancaster and their relationship was a nice change from the usual.

You probably ALSO noticed that it says this is Book 1 of 2, so do you have to not touch that dial until 2019 for the thrilling conclusion? Thankfully, not. There may have been some hints of what a sequel could entail, but everything wraps up well so you get the complete package without any more easy payments of 19.99.

The reason I'm giving this 4 stars instead of 5 golden glowing stars is because of some plot and character issues. And they're all related to not being believable. It's a story based in our world, but the coincidences and some technology usage was a little far-fetched. What bothered me the most though was the "bystander behavior" that I can't go into without giving spoilers, but I get the feeling most readers will know what I'm talking about when I bring up how some secondary/tertiary/fourthenary act a little too weird. Unfortunately, this happens with several of these characters and I'm not buying the red pill (or whatever color it is that makes you believe).

Still, there were enough twists and turns that WERE good that I'd still call it a worthwhile read with well-connected clues and foreshadowing, which may just be the most crucial aspect of the Thrillstery.
I struggled with whether or not to put this as three or two stars but the writing swayed me to make it a two.

The story is a decent one, it keeps you relatively interested through the novel. I can definitely say I guessed most of the shock moments way before they were revealed but I didn't hate the book.

What I did hate was the writing. My god, it reminds me of being in college and providing feedback on classmates writing in a creative writing course. The amount of exposition is exhausting. You're not writing to third graders, it is wholly unnecessary to spell out every single detail and thought process. Context clues get the job done just fine. As readers we're used to putting the pieces together. I have to second another reviewer saying the novel felt too long. I read it in under a day but it's because I skimmed all the excess exposition and overbearing detailed descriptions.

I read to the end to make sure I could give a proper review but there's no chance I'd even consider getting another novel from this author let alone the sequel.

I would not recommend choosing this novel for your free kindle pick as I did.
Really awful, stilted writing. Unbelievable characters. Absurd plot. Cliche piled on cliche. If he’d left out the deadly dull exposition with its laughable attempts to delve into the psychology and motivations of military men and cops, the author would have had a better, though still bad, novel. Thank the lord I got this for free!!!
This is a fun popcorn novel that requires quite a bit of suspension of belief. First, the protagonist is your typical Hollywood hero; highly skilled and trained ex-SEAL, ex-law enforcement. When stalkers attempt to kidnap the teen daughter of a wealthy neurosurgeon, he and his reluctant wife turn to Jon Lancaster for help. Despite being all the above, Lancaster is a pot-bellied foul smelling man who accepts merchandise for payment instead of cash and looks nothing like the skilled investigator he is. The story unfolds as he investigates who is stalking and trying to abduct the teen, Nicki Pearl. This leads to several surprising twists and reveals before the dark answer is finally revealed.

I liked the book for the most part but a couple things took away from the fun. First, the story feels longer than it should be. While I appreciate the author's desire to describe and explain everything, there are times where it simply is not necessary. For example, do we really need Lancaster's musings about how a surly Cuban maintenance worker is likely surly because he may have once been a doctor or lawyer in his native Cuba before boarding a makeshift tire raft to flee to the U.S. only to face disappointment? Just say he's surly. No further reason or explanation is necessary because he's only in the story for a minute, if that. Another problem is the lack of continuity for some aspects of the story. For example, we're told that Lancaster is this crack shot investigator who belongs to this elite team of ex-law enforcement and now uses all this state of the art technology that wasn't available to Lancaster during his days as a cop. However, we rarely see this exotic tech in action as Lancaster spends the bulk of the book utilizing old-school investigative techniques. My last gripe is a minor one but a biggie to me. If an author isn't familiar with tech, they really shouldn't try to sound too technical. I cringed when I read the line "He gets a new IP address with each new laptop, which makes it harder to catch him". The point being that one character frequently buys new laptops to get new IP addresses to avoid detection. However, these laptops are used at the same location. Anyone with even a morsel of tech savvy knows that simply buying different laptops will not change the ISP's WAN IP. If Swain had a tech adviser or even a tech savvy friend, they could have advised him against writing that line and suggested that the character either use a VPN or one of many more effective means that actually work to mask an IP rather than the ridiculous notion of buying a new laptop to change an IP address.

In addition to the bad laptop IP example, there are several other instances where suspension of belief is practically mandatory in order to continue reading. There is one part of the narrative where an FBI agent does something so ridiculously outrageous and over the top that I nearly stopped reading right there. Not only was it absurdly outside the realm of what law enforcement would do in that situation but a bit demeaning as well. I can't say more without spoiling but there were several other instances where, although not quite as bad as the FBI example, I felt like the author really pushed the boundaries of believably. However, the story was still entertaining nonetheless.

Despite my gripes with the book, I did enjoy reading it. I think it's a good choice if looking for light entertainment and nothing more. This book should be read with all the seriousness of watching a Die Hard or Fast & Furious movie. As long as expectations are kept at that level, it's a fun read. The pacing is good and the characters interesting enough to make it a nonstop read despite the flaws. Even though the subtitle says book 1 of 2, this is a complete story and the ending provides adequate closure, so don't let the book 1 of 2 subtitle scare you off. There are no irritating cliffhangers nor a mandatory requirement to read book two.

Content warning Rape, sexual assault, sexual situations, pedophilia, human trafficking, violence and profanity.