Dark Eyes #1
Release Date:
March 15th, 2012
Number of
Pages: 383
Publisher:
Razorbill
Source:
NetGalley
Wally was adopted from a Russian orphanage as a child and grew up in a wealthy New York City family. At fifteen, her obsessive need to rebel led her to life on the streets.
Now the sixteen-year-old is beautiful and hardened, and she's just stumbled across the possibility of discovering who she really is. She'll stop at nothing to find her birth mother before Klesko - her darkeyed father - finds her. Because Klesko will stop at nothing to reclaim the fortune Wally's mother stole from him long ago. Even if that means murdering his own blood. But Wally's had her own killer training, and she's hungry for justice.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo for teens, this debut thriller introduces our next big series heroine!
When the summary
of a book compares it to a really popular novel, I’m always a little skeptical.
After all, they are setting my expectations pretty high, and this often leads
to disappointment. Yet, I found myself to be enthralled by Wally’s story. This is
definitely not a novel for a younger audience, but older teen will find
themselves hooked in the story created by William Richter. The story focuses on
Wally’s search for her biological mother, but it is more than that. The story
is told in third person point of view, but we get a glimpse on two other
characters than Wally, which gives us a better understanding of the story that
is going on, and we can understand why certain characters appear at the perfect
moment.
Wally is a
Russian born young woman, adopted by an American family when she was five years
old. She ends up choosing to live on the street with a group of friends, Tevin,
Ella and Jake. If there is one thing for sure, it’s that Wallis Stoneman is a
kickass main character. She is strong and determined, and she isn’t scared to
put herself in dangerous situation to get what she wants.
We also have
Detective Alter Greer, the detective looking for the murderer of Sophia,
another street girl who they believed to be Wally at first. His appearances are
always well timed and he is a great addition to the story. It gives Wally an
interesting ally, even if she doesn’t always want him to be.
Later, we also meet
Tiger, the son of Klesco. Klesco is the biological father of Wally, but he is
also a psycho Russian mob guy who is looking to get back what her mother stole.
Following Tiger gives a good insight of who Klesco really is, and what he is
ready to do to reclaim what he sees as his.
If there is one
thing I can say about Dark Eyes, it’s that it is far from boring. The constant
action will keep you hooked into the story. The book read itself like a movie,
and it will keep you on the edge of your seat. The gun fights; the humor and
the more human side of the story make Dark Eyes a book that will please many
readers. The ending will give you enough closure to let it stand on its own,
but it also opens the door for the upcoming sequel Tiger, a book I’m sure
you’ll be dying to read after finishing this one.
About
the Author:
From
GoodReads
William Harlan Richter is a Hollywood screenwriter. He
was nominated for an Emmy Award as Producer of “We Stand Alone Together”, the
documentary episode of the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers. William was born
and raised in California.
I loved this book review! The book sounds so good! I hadn't heard about it before, but I'm glad that I have now!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I hadn't really heard of it before seing it on NetGalley. It was a nice surprise.
DeleteGreat review. I need to read this one soon :)
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