Book 11 from the Meme, 72 overall.

[tigtogiba34]

The Lost Order by Steve Berry

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This satisfied my meme requirement of "book you haven't read yet from an author you love." Also it satisfied one of my weaknesses in US History, the Civil War. One of the things I love the most about Steve Berry's books is that he weaves fact throughout them. Then in his writer's note at the end he explains what was real and what wasn't. So while I may have finished this book over an hour ago. I spent the next hour and a half fact checking his facts, or more educating myself further from what he had already taught me or answering questions I was bringing up to myself along the way.

Now to my thoughts on the book itself.

First,
MY FAVORITE CHARACTER GOT SHOT.
One of my updates was pretty much anything happens to SPOILER I'm ready to throw hands. With the author. Yeah little old me taking on the entire Steve Berry machine.
Thankfully for both him and myself, SPOILER made it. That could not have ended well for either of us.
*** also I was not pleased to have to wait over 300 pages to find out said status of character.

I will comment that I am completely on board for the further development of Danny Daniels. He was in the background for so many books, I mean this is number eleven for Cotton? And I am reading them all in order as they come out spacing out other books in-between to not overload and catch up. I've done some of Berry's stand alones too (Amber Room is still way up there for what has hooked me, plus I'm a sucker with anything Romanov in the title) but yes where was I, Danny! I was like man he's no longer president he'll fade away and in this novel OH NO HE DID NOT. I am very happy about this development. I mean besides Cotton, he was like the main focus of this one. It was nice to see action and "balls" from DD.

Can a girl catch a break? How long was Cassiopeia bound with her hands behind her back ? Towards the last quarter of the book. I did love the calling of the Smithsonian the Castle then her describing to Lea Morse the real life castle she is building in France, with the tools that people of the Middle Ages would have had no modern day building appliances all by hand. Funding it herself as well. I've adored Ms. Vitt from her first appearances as well. Sort of knew somehow her and Cotton would gravitate towards each other at some point still wondering where it will lead though with him in Copenhagen and her France... He seems to keep winding up back in the United States for work, after retirement be that as it may.

I guess I lopped off the star for the Breckenridges. First for the Father faking dementia come on that is not something to joke about ever. Then the elder abuse of the son Grant trying to get details from his because he believes it. No I was not all about their storyline at all. Plus Grant's character whatsoever really. The murder, attempted murder, and overall violence his character commits does not fly with me. At least in the end, they got theirs. Diane Sherwood too. Man she was a piece of work. You got Karma full force wicked woman.

Of all the Cotton books I've read so far, this is not the most memorable, normally I would eat up a secret society type thing but not one of the confederacy sorry- but of course I will keep on reading as I love the writing and the plots. Even if I do not like everything. I like to follow how it goes. Especially with Cotton continually being brought back into it all over again.



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Comments

[haebin.livejournal.com]

I once read a book (sadly I can't remember on the title) about a Detective and his female partner. She got killed from the serial killer they searched for and that was too much for me. I really felt heartbroken.

[tigtogiba34.livejournal.com]

That's how I am with most books I read, but then I pick up another right away and get involved with that storyline. It takes me away from my own life so? win in that sense... and no I would never track down the author and literally throw hands. I prefer my freedom too much haha. I might write a letter though with some thoughts haha. Being a writer myself I tend to think of how I'd do it.