I think that this story would be well received from anyone who enjoys a good suspense. There were so many secondary characters (friends and co-workers) that I had a hard time keeping up, and frequently had to go back in the story to refresh my memory of who different people were or to figure out what time we were in. However, the action was well-written and fast paced.

My only real issue was that it was fairly slow paced for the type of story, and I had a hard time connecting with Rian, the MC. Some of the circumstances for the story were pretty far fetched with shark attacks being related to direct attacks on Rian's life, but the twists were well thought out and I was not able to guess ahead of time what was going on. There weren't too many grammatical errors, and the writing was generally good. The storyline was unique and suspenseful. I didn’t hate it, but I’m not too excited about reading more from this author. The writing is okay but there’s a lot of verbiage that’s not needed in this book. The ideas and overall plot of this story is fine. That, in itself, is not a bad thing, but after changing my thinking 4 or 5 times about ‘whodunit’ I started to lose interest in the actual resolution to the story. I had a hard time keeping all the accessory characters straight, and there are a lot of red herrings. While this is not a long book, it took me a bit longer to read than it should have. Plus Krista Wagner throws in the mental anguish of her character (which is warranted) and her therapist visits and a lot of other unnecessary plot points.

It takes a lot of characters and a lot of “story time” to finally get to the bottom of what is going on. The book opened well with a shark attack, but then the story is spun that somehow the shark attack is linked to a home invasion Rian was a victim of years before. Especially when I’m having a busy week and trying to read a book in spurts around the rest of my family life! I prefer stories with quick turnaround and easy to follow plot lines. It didn’t bring out my inner grammar nazi, but the novel was not fast paced. I feel like the story was a bit far-fetched and the writing was okay. The plot of the story seemed stretched over a long time frame. *I was sent this book free of charge so I could read it and create this book review*

Rian Field by Krista Wagner