The Wrong Hostage
Author: Elizabeth Howell
Reader: Maria Tucci
When I'm at the library picking out books one of the first things I always try to look for with trying out out new authors is seeing the "New York Times Bestseller" note on the cover. Reading the Dust Jacket of this book I was very excited to get started on this book...perhaps a little too excited.
I was disappointed with this one which is pretty rare that when I feel that I can't connect with any character in the book. Grace Silva, the main character in the book is a Judge who is newly divorced from her billionaire husband. They had a son together whom they shipped off to Mexico for boarding school which leads to him being held by Mexican officials who are owed money from the father who despite seeming as though he earned his money all legally we learn he has put his son in a situation where he could be killed by Mexican drug lords, what the drug lords don't know is that it really isn't his son....through DNA testing he found out a few years prior that this Grace had a fling before she got married and got pregnant and never knew who was the "for sure" father. The only character I liked in this book was the son.....because as you read it you are empathetic to his situation...he isn't a big part of the book however, its more about trying to save him.
I would love to give this author another chance but it definately will not be near the top of my "To do" list
Author: Elizabeth Howell
Reader: Maria Tucci
When I'm at the library picking out books one of the first things I always try to look for with trying out out new authors is seeing the "New York Times Bestseller" note on the cover. Reading the Dust Jacket of this book I was very excited to get started on this book...perhaps a little too excited.
I was disappointed with this one which is pretty rare that when I feel that I can't connect with any character in the book. Grace Silva, the main character in the book is a Judge who is newly divorced from her billionaire husband. They had a son together whom they shipped off to Mexico for boarding school which leads to him being held by Mexican officials who are owed money from the father who despite seeming as though he earned his money all legally we learn he has put his son in a situation where he could be killed by Mexican drug lords, what the drug lords don't know is that it really isn't his son....through DNA testing he found out a few years prior that this Grace had a fling before she got married and got pregnant and never knew who was the "for sure" father. The only character I liked in this book was the son.....because as you read it you are empathetic to his situation...he isn't a big part of the book however, its more about trying to save him.
I would love to give this author another chance but it definately will not be near the top of my "To do" list
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