Unstable Environment by Marcia Colette
By Chantay Wesley • Apr 1st, 2008 • Category: Book Review •
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APOOO: 2.5
As Unstable Environment begins, we meet Sinclair Duval, a commercial airline pilot. She is at a local indoor play facility for children with her three year old niece, Nahla. The two are pretending to be mother and daughter for the patrons at Jungle Kingdom. This is a tactic they developed, so no one would ask any questions about Nahla’s alcoholic, drug addict mother, Mina. Sinclair expects a regular play date with Nahla; instead, a freak accident leaves both aunt and niece in the hospital with life threatening injuries. In an attempt to save young Nahla’s life, their rescuer, Rio Velasquez, decides to break all the rules of his were-cheetah coalition. Rio knows what he is doing is wrong but he is prepared to suffer the consequences. Once young Nahla is introduced to the world of were-cheetahs, things change for the toddler and her aunt forever.
Even though Unstable Environment by Marcia Colette was reviewed by me in advance reader copy form, this book was particularly hard for me to get through as a reviewer. This story had great promise, the idea behind it seemed unique and not taken by many other authors but the delivery was lacking. Unstable Environment seemed underdeveloped. When the story first started, it kept my interest. As the story went on, it started to lose momentum. This was especially evident when Rio asks Sinclair about a kiss they had shared. When I looked back in the book to try and find that scene, I could not because it was missing. There were a couple other times when scenes were missing from the book but were mentioned as if they were there.
The biggest issue I had with this book was the character Rio’s voice. The way that Rio expressed his growing connection towards Nahla was creepy. From the character mentioning how juicy a baby’s lips looked to mentioning how soft her skin was. I tried to read these words all kinds of different ways to not find them creepy or strange but I could not. Again, the idea behind this book seemed strong and it could have worked but more needed to go into this story. Unstable Environment would be more recommendable if a few key points would be tweaked inside the book. Read this book at your own discretion.
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Chantay Wesley is a college graduate who lives in South Carolina. She has hopes of working in the marketing field in the immediate future. Chantay has enjoyed reading since she was a child. In the last few years, she has been secretly penning short stories in hopes of one day having them published. She joined APOOO Exchange Team in 2007 but has been reviewing since 2005.
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