Sheena Kamal’s second book in her Nora Watts series is out
and Kerry Hammond is here with her review.
Sheena Kamal has created one of the most interesting new
characters I have come across in a very long time. Nora Watts first appeared in
the The Lost Ones and is now back in her second installment; It All Falls Down
released on July 3 in Hardcover by William Morrow. I thoroughly enjoyed The
Lost Ones and was eager to get my hands on the next book in the series in order
to see where Kamal would take her character.
In The Lost Ones, Nora is faced with her past when she is
contacted by the parents of a daughter she gave up for adoption. When she sets
out to look for her daughter, she is faced with the ghosts of her past life and
the choices she has made. In It All Falls Down, Nora is once again dealing with
her past; this time it relates to her parents. She and her sister, Lorelei,
lost both parents at a very young age. Their mother abandoned them shortly
after they were born and their father committed suicide not long after she
left. The girls were sent to live with an aunt and then ended up in foster
care, an experience that shaped each of their lives in very different ways.
A mysterious stranger turns up and mentions her father’s
time in the military and an incident in Lebanon. This encounter sends Nora on a
quest that leads her to Detroit, Michigan and once again puts her life in
danger. She finds out that there was more to her mother’s abandonment and her
father’s death—much more. As she unravels the information, she is forced to
look at her own life and perhaps change how she has always viewed her childhood and her parents.
Book two was just as enjoyable as book one. Kamal is an
excellent storyteller and Nora is an exciting character. There are writers who
tell you a story and then there are those that can transport you to the world
they have created; telling a story so realistically that the reader feels like
they’re there in the thick of it. Kamal is in the latter category and she manages
to immerse her readers in the world she has created. In this book it’s the
gritty streets of Detroit with a woman whose experiences have shaped her
outlook and actions. This is a series that I will continue to read and will recommend to others who enjoy this genre.
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