Reviewed by Hope C.
March 13, 2010
"Not fast-paced...a chronicle of events..."
Almost Home, an international thriller from bestselling author, Pam Jenoff, connects you with Jordan Weiss and sweeps you from America to England. While not my cup of tea at all, it was interesting to read the spy-type story. Not fast-paced by any means, but more of a chronicle of events starting with an "accident" that happens in Weiss' past while she attendied Cambridge as a graduate student.
I found Weiss to be an interesting heroine. Though reading a first-person account didn't give me the feel for the other characters all that much, I did enjoy the rakish agent Sebastian Hodges. And felt sad for the dying friend, but wasn't vested in the story. It felt too forced and like a slice of time rather than a complete story.
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Book Description for Almost Home
Ten years ago, U.S. State Department intelligence officer Jordan Weiss?s idyllic experience as a graduate student at Cambridge was shattered when her boyfriend Jared drowned in the River Cam. She swore she?d never go back—until a terminally ill friend asks her to return. Jordan attempts to settle into her new life, taking on an urgent mission beside rakish agent Sebastian Hodges. Just when she thinks there?s hope for a fresh start, a former college classmate tells her that Jared?s death was not an accident—he was murdered.
Jordan quickly learns that Jared?s research into World War II had uncovered a shameful secret, but powerful forces with everything to lose will stop at nothing to keep the past buried. Soon, Jordan finds herself in grave peril as she struggles to find the answers that lie treacherously close to home, the truth that threatens to change her life forever, and the love that makes it all worth fighting for.