Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Dirt by Susan Shultz

Lila Derosa feels smothered by the limitations on her reporting set by the newspaper she writes for. She is tasked with reporting on the crimes committed by Ainsley/AJ in the first novella of the series The Blacksmith. She is fascinated by the heinous details and curious to learn the motivation behind the bloodshed, but she's frustrated by the limitations her newspaper places on her article because it has to be "acceptable for community publication".

Lila's curiosity drove her to explore Ainsley's old house and the site of her crimes where she discovered her journal buried shallowly in the Blacksmith's grave. Fueled by her new discovery, Lila is determined to uncover the real Ainsley and tell her story.

Shultz does a fantastic job portraying the details of Ainsley's story through Lila's investigative reporter perspective. As I said for the first two novellas in this collection, The Blacksmith and Jessie, this is a great October read. 

     

Rating: 3.75 / 5



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3 comments:

  1. UnknownOctober 14, 2015 at 7:11 AM

    Omg!! Have you read these books in the past or do you just read really fast? :o

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  2. EmOctober 14, 2015 at 7:28 AM

    Hey Yuki! I just read these books for the first time over the past few days. They are only about 60-80 pages in length, which is why I would call them novellas! It would probably be more appropriate to combine them into one book, but this is how they were published. Each one only takes an hour or so to read! So they're relatively quick and easy to finish.

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  3. UnknownOctober 16, 2015 at 8:49 AM

    Oh.. that explains why!! The cover is really nice though! Will go pick up one of these if i come across it in my local book store :)

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