Book Review: A Circle of Souls by Preetham Grandhi
Author: Preetham Grandhi
Book: A Circle of Souls
Julia Rating: 7
Comments: Mr. Grandhi provided me with a review copy of his debut novel, A Circle of Souls.
This book involves several different characters and different points of view. It’s about the investigation of a young girls kidnapping and subsequent murder. An FBI agent is investigating the case and she, along with her police counterparts, is completely stumped. In comes Peter, a young psychiatrist working to help a child with sleepwalking and nightmares. The child has become a threat to herself while sleeping and Peter needs to solve the case.
One really wonderful thing that Preetham Grandhi does in this book is describe culture and backstory of the child in detail. However, Peter and pretty much all the other characters fell a little flat for me and I had a hard time staying interested while reading this book.
That said, there is a great twist ending, which I always love. I really thought I had everything all worked out by the middle, but at the end I found I was wrong.
I reason I gave this book a “7″ is because while I had a hard time getting through the first half of the book, the last half was really well written and enjoyable. So, if you’re okay with having a slow and slightly disjointed beginning, this book has a great ending.