4 out of 4 stars
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While on holiday in a foreign country you stumble upon a murder scene just as the possible murderer is exiting. As the only witness, do you help investigate with local authorities, or do you continue your holiday with friends? The choice is yours, and your choice determines where this book takes you! Murdered by James Schannep is book 2 of the Click Your Poison series. The books in this series are written independent of each other which means you do not need to have read book 1 to enjoy later editions.
This book has three different storylines with over 50 possible endings. After reading the first chapter you are given two choices of action. You click on your choice and your personal adventure begins. At the end of each short chapter, you make another choice between two or three actions. The first time I read through this book, my choices had me reach a conclusion in three chapters. That chapter stated that even though my story was complete, if I wished to restart, I could go back to the last chapter and make a different choice. My second read through was much longer (I intentionally chose more dangerous paths) and I was again able to solve the crime, but it still said that if I was unhappy with my result I could restart. I chose to begin again a third time resulting in a different conclusion at the end. I came to a final chapter titled SOLVED. The chapter stated ‘That’s it! You’ve won!’. The paths that I took involved two of the three storylines, and only three of 50 possible endings. There is a lot more to explore in this book!
I enjoyed the unique style of this book. It was fun to play with my choices and either go with a safe option or one that was a little more dangerous. Sometimes you were not able to tell which was the better option. Jumping around with the choices also presented what I disliked about this book. I read the book on my Kindle and I often look at where I am percentage wise in a book to see how much farther there is to read. Since this book does not flow linear, I would jump from 8% to 68% to 18% and then back to 35%. I sometimes felt like I was not making progress because of this! I finally stopped looking at this and it flowed better for me.
This book is for anyone, ages teen through adult, that enjoys a light crime drama. Of the two storylines that I read, there were no cursing or sexual scenes that readers need to be aware of. There was a drug cartel link, but it was minimal.
I rate this book a 4 out of 4 because of the originality, style, and fun nature of the reading experience. I did not find any grammar problems in the chapters that I read so I do feel that it was professionally edited.
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Murdered
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