When the Wind Blows

When the Wind Blows #1

by James Patterson

Frannie O'Neill is a caring young veterinarian living in the Colorado Rockies, trying to erase the memory of her beloved husband's mysterious murder. It is not long before another neighbor suddenly dies, and FBI agent Kit Harrison arrives at Frannie's doorstep. Kit is hell-bent on solving the heinous case despite resounding protests from the FBI and the thrashing of his own internal demons.

Kit secretly pursues the investigation, yet witnesses keep turning up dead. Then Frannie stumbles upon an astonishing discovery in the nearby woods, and their lives are altered in ways they could never have imagined. Simply knowing the secret of Max -- the terrified 11-year-old girl with an amazing gift -- could mean death.

As more and more diabolical details are unearthed, the murderer's bloody trail ultimately leads the trio to an underground lab network, known as "the School." Here scientists conduct shockingly incomprehensible experiments involving children and genetic alteration.

Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Suspense, Mystery Thriller

416 pages, Paperback

First published October 28, 1998

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James Patterson is the most popular storyteller of our time and the creator of such unforgettable characters and series as Alex Cross, the Women’s Murder Club, Jane Smith, and Maximum Ride. He has coauthored #1 bestselling novels with Bill Clinton, Dolly Parton, and Michael Crichton, as well as collaborated on #1 bestselling nonfiction, including The Idaho Four, Walk in My Combat Boots, and Filthy Rich. Patterson has told the story of his own life in the #1 bestselling autobiography James Patterson by James Patterson. He is the recipient of an Edgar Award, ten Emmy Awards, the Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation, and the National Humanities Medal.

Reviews

[Afsana · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have read this and I am not ashamed to state I enjoyed it

I see that there are several reviews here that suggest that to have enjoyed this book or james pattersons books shows a low reading level

That is so condesceding. It is possible that there is like me a lot of people who read Fiction (please do remember its fiction) and want something that is easy to read and different from there lives and not always want to read series books with heavy deeper meanings that require a lot of thought or that takes more thought and effort to read

It shows our ability to be flexible and to enjoy reading a variety of books and it may surprise some of the critics out there I have read and enjoyed more indepth or more "high" level books such as Jane Eyre, Pride And Prejudice (and even before the big bbc production I hasten to add) Emma, Animal farm, 1984 to name but a few but I am also a great james patterson fan and have read all his books except Daniel x whomI could not get into

But sorry I had to say the above:- re the book

I enjoyed when the wind blows as different to what he had already written and for me a new idea

you want a light read which has interesting possibilities this is the book to read

[Will M. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Update 5/25/2015

So I just bought the last book of the Maximum Ride series, and when I clicked on the series button thing here on goodreads, I stumbled upon a note from James Patterson saying that this Max is different from the Max from Maximum Ride. It's quite impossible how different they are. They're too fucking similar to be different. I can't do anything about it though because I guess what the author says is true. Sucks big time.

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I bought this book (in hardcover, for only $2) because of the mere fact that Patterson wrote it. Patterson introduced me to the world of Crime-mystery-thriller novels, so when I saw this months ago I bought it in an instant without even reading the synopsis at the back. I had no idea that this was a prequel of his young-adult series, Maximum Ride. I was a huge fan of Maximum Ride then, and I'm sure I enjoyed the series as a whole. After reading a few pages of this, I realized that Max was the same character as the one from the MR series. I did a little research and confirmed my speculations. All I can say is that I can't believe I'm reading the prequel to the series that I loved when I was younger.

Frannie and Kit were the adult main character in this novel. They were the usual main characters that Patterson writes, and they were really enjoyable. The best character of course would still be Maximum. I liked her before, and I still like her now. The author also decided to add in Icarus, another member of the Maximum Ride crew. I'm not sure if the others were also a part of the crew. I've read the MR series years ago so my memory is not that fresh anymore. Back to Fran and Kit. Their relationship felt forced and unbelievable, but aside from that, they were well developed characters. They were really likable, so that was good enough to keep me interested on what's going to happen to them.

Plot wise, it feels more YA than Crime/Adult. The plot was a bit shallow, and really similar to the MR series. I know this is a prequel, but the synopsis wasn't that obvious. Aside from the name Max, nothing else screamed Maximum Ride to me. The plot wasn't that cliche, but it could've been done better. The character development beats the plot, and that's not always a good thing.

3.5/5 stars. I rounded this one up because I was such a huge fan of the MR series. This was not a bad novel. In fact, this novel was a bit fast paced and interesting. It just didn't have that adult writing of Patterson feel to it. Maybe the fact that I've read the YA series influenced my reading impression of this, but I've read better works of Patterson. I'm going to read the sequel to this, and also the last book of the YA series(coming out this 2015). Patterson will always be the reason why I love the crime genre, in reading at least. I still find that I enjoy crime movies more than novels, but if the crime novel is good enough, then I'll still feel the enjoyment one way or another.

[Christy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a surprisingly different/ better book for James Patterson, an author I read a long time ago because my parents enjoyed his work for a while. Therefore I picked it up desperate for a book to read and quickly noticed that I enjoyed it more than his usual work. I haven't read any of the other books in this series, though.

[John · Rating 2 out of 5]

Why do I read Patterson books! I suppose its because they are very easy to read like bubble gum to the mind. However, this one was ridiculous. The idea of bioengineering in itself is an interesting one. However, leaping to children with wings is just ludicrous. The FBI agent Kit/Tom and Frannie the vet with the heart of gold was even more farfetched. I mean having sex while being captured by psychopaths is unbelievable. The girl Max or Maximum was perfect, too perfect. I was not sure if the story was supposed to be funny but in places it was very funny.

Set in Colorado with a conspiracy which encompasses doctors who are extremely greedy. I keep wondering why I come back to this author but his style is very easy to read and the stories imaginative if unbelievable. There are a lot of holes in this story with a change from a semi automatic to a revolver which was glaring. I might stick to Alex Cross novels in the future.

[Alex Duncan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Something blows alright. I struggled to finish this book and by the time I did finish I wanted several hours of my life back. Too many loose ends. Reads like it was written on autopilot.

[Kimmay · Rating 1 out of 5]

The concept was good, but Patterson's writing style just didn't do it for me, it seems very hokey at times and the characters Frannie & Kit seemed flat, rather lame romance weaved in there that i could have done without. I WANTED to like Frannie & KIt but they just didn't add to the story, in fact they were a distraction that really wasn't pulled off very well. The writing seemed choppy.

I'm starting to wonder why Patterson is such a popular author, I'm thinking perhaps his earlier works were better. Perhaps, I should try one of those older books. Because his new ones have been a disappointment to me, even though I do sometimes love to read a 'lighter" book, I found this book not engaging at ALL. Someday I will try one of his earlier books.

[Mike French · Rating 4 out of 5]

Strange but enjoyable and entertaining! This book Isn't your Alex Cross, Michael Bennett or Women's Murder Club you are used to reading. It is more fantasy than mystery or thriller,but loved it and looking forward to the second book in the series- THE LAKE HOUSE!
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[Kimberly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Breath of fresh air

It has been so pleasant to read this story by James Patterson. Its not new but definitely one to be read. We have main characters falling in love while fighting off unethical doctors and scientists. The plot moves at just the right speed and the characters are likeable. The author is a professional and I love the quality of his work.

[M · Rating 3 out of 5]

The following review was written when I was 12 years old:

When I read this book, one of the first things I noticed was that the flow of the story seemed somewhat confusing or erratic because it is told from four different points of view. I think the author wrote the story this way to try to narrate different events happening at the same time. An example of this is when the telling of the story alternates between Max and the people who are following her. If I was writing the story, I would try to reduce the number of narrators as much as I could without negatively affecting the story's flow.

I think the part where Max and her (adult) friends find the place where scientists have been making animal/human babies is very unrealistic. I think this because it is happening in the middle of a state, people and equipment probably go in frequently, and no one has noticed. In addition, one wonders where all their funding comes from. Lastly, the experiments themselves don’t seem like they could happen in real life.

While reading When the Wind Blows, I realized that the character I like the most is Frannie. She is funny, has a complicated life, and has to deal with as many problems as real people do. I think author really tried to make Frannie seem realistic and enjoyable. Examples of this can be found throughout the book whenever Frannie is the narrator.

In closing, I think When the Wind Blows is a reasonably good book considering it’s an average science-fiction thriller, and I had a good time reading it.

[Josh Bizeau · Rating 1 out of 5]

Patterson's atrociously elementary prose aside, 'When the Wind Blows' is an afront to good storytelling sensibilites the world over and is another example of literature of the lowest possible common denominator. Whilst the likes of Dan Brown have been the most recent perpetrators of this populism, Patterson has certainly been the more consistent of the two and quite arguably the worst offender of all modern hacks. I must surmise that even the combined powers of Dickens, Poe, Kafka or the most literate modern storytellers could not bend Patterson into writing a competent tale should they slap him a thousand times in the face with their own manuscripts.

The plot is an absolute mess having to do with the secretive genetic manipulation of a little girl and the two protagonists who find themselves tangled up in the whole scheme and whose mission becomes to free the girl from her experimental captivity. How that happens, one can only hope to care a little less about as the "story" unfolds with all the grace and weight of a weekday television drama. Pathetic romance between the tale's heroes degenerates into being laughably absurd at its worst moments (and soap opera-esque at best), the action throughout is completely lacking in suspense or thrills; but perhaps the worst offense of them all can be summed up in the cartoonishness of the narrative, chock-full of plot turns so contrived as to make M. Night Shyamalan at his worst blush. The characters are developed with as much interest as one might put into stapling together a cardboard box and much of the inanity takes place over the modern mass market fiction phenomena of brisk three-seven word dialogue sessions, which can go on for seeming pages at a time with little to no cognitive progress made, narratively-speaking. One would assume even a writer of Patterson's lowly capabilities could at least muster up some sort of detail when describing his characters, settings or set pieces... yet we get about as much an impression of such vitals as one might make of the Taj Mahal through the bottom end of a foggy glass.

An Amazon.com reviewer summed this novel up perfectly with the headline of his review: "When the Wind Sucks." To say a Berenstain Bears book is written with decidedly more wit, charm and readability would be uttering the very least of truths in regards to Patteron's immeasurably awful writing. Spare yourselves this waste of paper and introduce yourselves to literature worthy of your time and mental faculties. Mass market drivel like this undoubtedly contributes greatly to the sharply declining literacy of our society, even if its pedestrian characters, Bruckheimer plot and by-the-books action do at least make for the most pathetically lazy of easy, diet reads.

For those who actually enjoy great, well-written literature, I can't warn you away from this book or its brand of modern "mass market appeal" writing strongly enough. Avoid at all costs and your IQ will certainly show no end of gratitude.

[Ron Wroblewski · Rating 5 out of 5]

A real thriller about how secret biochemistry labs are experimenting with and modifying newborn children by inserting embryos that have modified DNA into women and taking the offspring to do research on by telling the mothers that they baby died. In this case the DNA comes from birds so that the children are born with wings and can fly. The purpose is to auction off the successfully transformed children to corporations and labs around the world. Big problem is that experiments that are unsuccessful are killed off. Those scientists that are having second thoughts are being killed off also.
Patterson says that these experiments are well within the capabilities of science now. The book moves on quickly and you want to find out what happens, so you keep reading. And this book was written in 1998. I just found out that his book "The Lake House" is a sequel. I have begun to read this now.

[Amanda · Rating 1 out of 5]

James Patterson has exactly the same writing style as Dean Koontz. There are hits and misses. This, most definitely, was not a hit.

I've read a few of his other books, mostly the ones meant for children and young adults, so I wasn't really surprised by the caliber of language. However, this book is supposed to be for adults and still, he has a pedestrian way of telling the story. The book flashes in and out of first and third person perspective, among three people, one of them being Max, the girl with bird wings. What should have been an interesting, pulse accelerating story, turns into something slightly boring just because of the way he tells it. Not only does the perspective thing make the story clunky, his sentences are just sub par. They're wooden and cliche, I don't know how else to describe it, I only know that I don't like it.

[Jackie Rogers · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is my first James Patterson book. Loved it. Quick read. Loads of action. Lots of children. Crazy scientists messing with DNA. These kids can fly. You will like it!

[Kelsey · Rating 2 out of 5]

An interesting premise, but I just wasn't all that engaged

[Vicki · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oh my gosh, what a pleasant surprise! I have a bad habit of picking up books due to the cover or author's name. In this case it was a combo of loving James Patterson and needing something like a moon on the cover. So I saw this book and chose it for a challenge. What I didn't know is that would take me back to Maximum Ride and all the winged children. :) I loved the entire series and now I have been able to revisit the angels.

In this book a lot of genetic experiments took place and things such as flying children were produced; however, there were parts of the book such as when Frannie discovered some children in cages and dead/decomposing babies that was hard to read emotionally. That being said, I loved reading about Max, Matthew, Icarus, and the gang again.

[Heppy · Rating 1 out of 5]

This review is a first for me, in that it is my first ever book review, and that it is of my first ever James Patterson novel.
My reading of this book came about by accident; I have demolished every novel on my bookshelf. My boyfriend is a massive Patterson fan, and he handed me this book having not read it himself.

When the Wind Blows was of huge disappointment to me. I was expecting to enjoy an engrossing crime thriller, so I was somewhat surprised when a girl with wings was introduced to the storyline!

What followed was a dull plot, flat characters and general silliness that was almost desperately justified with links to the genetic enhancement inJurassic Park.
It was only after I had finished reading that I realised that When the Wind Blows was written as an adult sequel to Patterson's Maximum Ride series for young adults. Perhaps it would have been more enjoyable had I read the others in the series. Perhaps not.

One thing I was thankful for where the page-long chapters and huge print that allowed me to get through the novel quickly and not waste any more time/brain cells than absolutely necessary!

[Claudia · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the one that started it all! The very first time we meet Max, a wonderful mutant with wings! Patterson used such a great name he couldn't give it up for the YA series...great suspense, and the adults were compelling.

[Ethan’s Books · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars rounded up.

Interesting story. I would have never had guessed that this was written by James Patterson.

The only reason I didn’t give it a full four stars was because it felt a little long. On a positive note, this book reads quickly. The chapters are short which makes it very approachable for the casual worker that wants something they can pick up and put down without losing your place.

This story is about a young Colorado veterinarian that meets a troubled FBI agent and begins to uncover the world’s most sinister secrets.

This isn’t your standard James Patterson book. Which was refreshing.

Not scary, but a good mystery that kept me interested.

[JC Roadman · Rating 3 out of 5]

This wasn't definitely different for a James Patterson book.

[N · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful, suspenseful, and another book that kept me up till 10:00 pm.( not really, I'm just saying it was very captivating) When the Wind Blows was the foundation to James Patterson's best-selling series, Maximum Ride which happens to be one of my favorite series, so when I heard about this book, I got really excited. It is similar to Maximum Ride, but not at the same time. Frannie O'Neil is depressed after her husband, David, died. She's not sure who murdered him, but when Kit Harrison, an FBI agent, shows up at her vet hospital with an interesting case, things start going horribley wrong. First, 2 people have been murdered in the last 2 weeks. Both doctors who studied biology and were suspects of a mysterious group of rebel scientists who experimented on humans. Then, Frannie meets Max, an extrodinary girl with extrodinary powers. She has wings and can fly. Max recently escaped from the School, the lab were she lived, and knows of a horrible plan that the scientist want to fufill. It's up to Frannie, Kit, and Max to stop them before it's too late.

[Baba · Rating 2 out of 5]

“Humans were the weakest species. Maybe that was why they could be the meanest animals.”
― James Patterson, When the Wind Blows

The James Patterson book factory churns out a Maximum Ride tale in an alternate reality! Not a typical Patterson jam, as this mystery thriller has some fantasy mixed up in it. Troubled FBI agent Kit Harrison investigates deaths in The Rockies; sort of alongside the widow of one of the murdered, vet Frannie. Frannie finds an amazing, mind boggling secret that could change everyone's lives. An entertaining mystery fantasy thriller about a conspiracy centred around a amazing secret!

[itchy · Rating 5 out of 5]

eponymous-ey sentence:
p313: Go like the wind blows.

spaces:
p2: Selected as the best book of the year by TheDenver Rocky Mountain News

p4: "Patterson delivers the swiftly paced fare that has made him a champ of the charts."
-Publishers Weekly on Ca t& Mouse

p4: "...Kiss the Girlsis even better."

p27: It was a euphemism he used to make moments like this easier:Put somebody to sleep.

p36: And an array of all the right magazines, current issues, too:Mirabella, AD, Town & Country, Parents, Child.

p124: You'realot faster than they think you are.

p129: See that, mister big-shot pilot?Idon't needaman-made plane to fly.Ijust needalittle sky space.

p132: You don't knowathing about me, he'd said.

p137: You don't knowathing about me, he'd said.

p139: Lying to Frannie isareally bad thing to do, he told himself.

p145: I can't get caught.Ican't!

p147: Where wouldIhide ifIhad to seek cover out here?

p148: On the other hand, as he'd said himself--you don't know whoIam.

p167: No!Ican't think like that.Imusn't start acting likealoser.

p167: I'm notaloser.

p168: She wasn'taloser!

p179: Justalittle girl.

p206: I'm just sorryIcan't tell you what it is.

p207: I'll tell you aboutagirl who's sweet and funny--and who can skim the treetops without breathing hard.

p213: But who givesadamn what the guards say!

p223: I was thinking, pretending, Hey, maybe it was justaroad trip, after all--when Max stiffened.

p246: Abetter human arm?

p308: David had beenahorrifying creep, too.

p317: Gillian wanted more information from me.Ishouldn't give it to her.

p343: Then ohmygoodGod, I saw Max flying over the roof and chimney of the house.

p344: Abalding, rugged-looking man named Eddy Friedfeld was piloting the KCNC Live News 4 chopper.

p366: She'sagood little girl, and she's special.

ocr:
p65: SStop it Matthew!

p132: He was doing better than controlling it; he was mastering the chicken breasts, the garlicked green beans, the grilled red potatoes, a misto salad.

p142: "...Not a thing," said the man with the gun, a Smith & Wesson semiautomatic.

p201: They had been requested to dress and act like vacationers; to stay in smallish lodges and inns like the Black Dog Bed & Breakfast, the Hotel Boulderado, the Briar Rose.

p339: He was from New Jersey, a wealthy suburb near AT&T headquarters.

cement:
p379: He glanced at a naked young woman's corpse laid out on the cement floor.

This is a bit uncharacteristic of Mr Patterson at this point, including the in-depth research that obviously went into this work (was it completely Maxine though?). Reminds me of King's Firestarter.

[Antonella Imperiali · Rating 3 out of 5]

Esperimenti illegali di manipolazione genetica: questo l'argomento trattato nel romanzo. Agghiacciante. Atrocità che fanno gelare il sangue nelle vene. Le scene della Scuola sono le più scioccanti.
Per il resto, la storia, narrata con una scrittura pressoché elementare (forse dovuta alla traduzione?), se si tolgono alcuni termini medico/scientifici quasi obbligatori, mi è parsa molto fantasiosa, anzi fantascientifica. D'altra parte il sogno di volare è insito in ognuno di noi...

Ma siamo veramente sicuri che si tratti di mera fantasia? Siamo sicuri che, sotto sotto, non ci sia un po' di insana verità? Non voglio pensarci... Voglio scacciare questo tarlo e vedere questo romanzo solo come puro intrattenimento.
Non proprio un thriller, in ogni caso, anche se delitti ce ne sono e le indagini riconducono ai fatti di cui sopra.

Però - ripeto - qualche leggero brivido me l'ha fatto venire...

E - tra tinte così fosche - non poteva mancare un po' di "rosa", naturalmente, con una storia (pare seria) tra i due personaggi principali. Tanto per alleggerire l'atmosfera e far contenti tutti i tipi di lettori. Ma va bene così.

Epilogo col pieno di adrenalina, concitato e rocambolesco, per poi defluire in un gigantesco "... e tutti vissero felici e contenti".

📖 GdL - La parola del mese (feb. 2018) - VENTO

[James Aura · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is 'fast food fiction.' Like a McDonald's burger it goes down easy, you know what you're going to get and it is pleasant but forgettable. I can see how James Patterson is a top selling author. He goes for the mass market. I found his style breezy and lean, his two or three page chapters easy for frequent stops and starts-- very handy no doubt for bored commuters who bring a book along for the ride. Style is reminiscent of another big selling author, Michael Crichton, with fast action plot twists, and the usual mix of sexual attraction, mano to mano fisticuffs, gunshots and a generally happy ending.
Characters were a bit on the cardboard cutout side, but not bad. If this was a TV show it would be a mediocre one season series on the Sci-Fi channel.

[Monica (is working the heck out of · Rating 3 out of 5]

I guess it was alright.

I was looking for something similar to Stephen King's The Instatute and thought this might be it.

Boy was I off.

Everything just seemed so...underdeveloped and flat.

Worse still, It was like Patterson couldn't decide whether or not he wanted to write a romantic suspense or paranormal thriller.

Frankly, the quality of the writing suggests budding talent, kind of like that which you might encounter in an advanced undergrad level creative writing class.


There was so much potential, but ultimately, the story just didn't come together .

That said, the compelling bits are enough to keep me interested in the series. We'll see what we see.

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

GREAT BOOK, JIM SAYS this book is not the beginning of MAXIMUM OVERRIDE SERIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE BUT 'I DISAGREE', since the characters in this book were scientifically mutated humans and the Maximum ride series really are he same thing, BOTH THIS BOOK and the MAX series are great..... Give it a read.... I Loved it when I read this and was mad cause there was no book two but.. 10 years later low and behold the maximum ride series it out... Any way Great reads...

[Patty_pat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Frannie O'Neill, giovane veterinaria rimasta vedova esercita la sua professione in un paese sperduto nelle montagne rocciose degli USA. Vede una ragazzina con le ali... Da qui inizia una rocambolesca avventura, un vero e proprio thriller con assassinii nuovi e vecchi tutti collegati a questa ragazzina, di nome Max, geneticamente modificata che è stata allevata in una "scuola", non meglio identificata. La capacità immensa di Patterson di tenermi attaccata alle pagine resiste anche in questo romanzo, dove i protagonisti, nel tentativo sia di capire cosa sta succedendo e di salvare Max dai suoi inseguitori diventano comprimari, lasciando la scena al sogno più grande dell'uomo: volare. In realtà, chi creò Max, voleva aumentare la speranza di vita degli esseri umani, ma tant'è...
Da questo romanzo, James Patterson ha DOVUTO, visto il successo di Max @ company, creare una nuova serie: Maximum Ride.

[ناصر سليم]

ابتدای داستان کمی جالب بود ولی رفته رفته با عوض شدن موضوعات مختلف و‌پریدن نویسنده از یک فصل کوتاه به فصلی دیگه تقریبا منو گیج کرده بود
تا اون جایی که واقعا ربطی به فصل های که در چند خط عوض می شد ندیدم! به احتمال زیاد شاید این کتاب دچار ممیزی های زیادی شده بود که همین امر باعث گیج شدن و‌ کسل شدنم از کتاب شد. و به این نتیجه رسیدم که وقتم و روی این کتاب نذارم . هدف اصلی من برای خوندن این رمان از این نویسنده این بود تا با سبک نوشتاریش آشنا بشم چرا که هیج کتابی از این پترسون نخونده بودم و شاید ترجمه کتاب هم مزیت بر علت شده بود.
و حتی تعجب برای من داشت که چطور این کتاب با چنین فروشی قابل توجهی روبرو شده بود که ازش به عنوان یک کتاب پر فروش بین المللی نام برده شده بود.
گرچه به کتاب های تخیلی علاقه مندم ولی این کتاب شاید به خاطر مواردی که در خطوط بالا ذکر کردم دچار این گنگی و نامفهوم شدن برای من شده بود
دوست دارم نظر دوستانی که این کتاب و خوندن بدونم لطفا اگر کتاب و مطالعه کردید تو کامنت ها نظراتتون ابراز کنید مرسی

[Jennifer Sirgey · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.25⭐️
I started this one as a buddy read that was broken down into multiple shorter parts and although I enjoyed knowing I got to read a bit of it every day I found myself wanting to continue reading beyond the cutoff mark each day. So, what did I do? I jumped ship on the buddy read and just went ahead and finished it. I feel like being able to read it without interruption was the key to enjoying it as much as I did because it’s such a fast read and becomes pretty action-packed as it progresses. Was it completely unrealistic? Yep! Was it enjoyable AF? Absolutely! I really liked Frannie and her love of animals was so beautiful. The relationship between the two adult main characters and the little girl gave me warm fuzzies and that’s not easy to do. 🤷‍♀️ I definitely enjoyed it and plan to continue with the series. Thanks to Ashley, Corinna and Jini for allowing me to jump ship on our buddy read without a guilt-trip. It’s most appreciated! ♥️

[SuZanne]

The scientists are the bad guys, the really bad guys. Don't worry, that doesn't give away much of this exciting plot with both a female and male protagonist. There some good plot twists and several charming young characters as well as the two adult protagonists. Fortunately, they are on the same side of an epic battle heating up in the verdant Colorado mountains. G-men, doctors, newspeople, pharmaceutical industry, military, greedy capitalists--all are enlisted by Patterson in this fast-paced cross-genre adventure-mystery- sci-fi but not too far from the future story.

And if an action-packed plot isn't enough, there's a steamy romance brewing as well. It's an engaging read during this COV-19 self-isolation period. People interested in the biotech industry and conspiracy theorists will enjoy this read too.

I am searching for the sequel as soon as I finish this review.