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Reviews for Island Casualty

O.D. Book Reviews (Book of the Month, July 2016, reviewed 160309)

"Perfect stand-alone"

"This is the first book that has so thoroughly sucked me in that I felt like everything was real. Even the conversations were genuine, especially between Rachel and Andy. In real life men and women often have a way of talking to each other where they aren't really understanding each other, it can be difficult to communicate and so much gets left unsaid. That is how this book is. It isn't phony, where everyone says the right things, makes grand romantic gestures and lives happily ever after."




Amazon Reviews

"Nice balance of plot, dialogue and description, which wouldn't mean anything if it weren't so involving. The fictional island of Amiros becomes real as you read, and it sounds like a lovely place to vacation if not for the bullets and gossip."

"The resolution shows that black and white aren’t the same in all cultures, especially this small tightly-knit island where everybody is somebody else’s cousin." Carolyn






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