I just finished reading "This dark road to Mercy, Wiley Cash" . I pretty much read it in one day, (S. Vincent was marking exams/essays or something and I had to be quiet, so no vacuuming or anything going). It was good.
from amazon, book description
After their mother's unexpected death, twelve-year-old Easter and her
six-year-old sister Ruby are adjusting to life in foster care when
their errant father, Wade, suddenly appears. Since Wade signed away his
legal rights, the only way he can get his daughters back is to steal
them away in the night.
Brady Weller, the girls' court-appointed
guardian, begins looking for Wade, and he quickly turns up unsettling
information linking Wade to a recent armored car heist, one with a
whopping $14.5 million missing. But Brady Weller isn't the only one
hunting the desperate father. Robert Pruitt, a shady and mercurial man
nursing a years-old vendetta, is also determined to find Wade and claim
his due.
Now I'm saying it was good but, I have a few questions, I almost need to re-read it, did I miss something. O.k. I got the Brady Weller background and the Wade background, but Pruit? not sure where all the anger came from. Did I miss something? And what happened to Marcus?in the end.
I loved Easter and Ruby, what a couple of sweethearts. And I liked the ending, I didn't believe that Brady would do what Easter thought he did, either. I mean really, sometimes the law is not always good for the kids, and sometimes it fails them miserably. The ending I liked was Wade doing what he did.
I didn't read this book for any particular challenge, it was just a good book, a few loose ends for me, but good. I'd recommend with a 4 star rating.
Up next: The Painted Girls.
