Orna Ross

I finished this book easily enough. The writing itself was engaging and shows great promise. Unfortunately this book didn't live up to its promise as a story. The first twist was just a throwaway twist to make the narrator less reliable. The first "shocking" twist you could see coming a mile away with the sun in your eyes. The murder mystery barely made it into the book in any real way and was never really resolved. The second big twist was more obvious than the first. Of the three main characters, I think the Mercy (the mother) may be the only one I may have been able to like. Her daughter Star was one dimensional and thoroughly unlikable right to the end. To put it nicely. Not a successful story.… (mere)

I will read a book to its completion, good or bad, but this time, I could not go on. I read the first few chapters of Blue Mercy and could finish. To be fair, the plot sounded interesting, a mother-daughter relationship, the mother being accused of murdering her own father after being a caregiver for a difficult man, and her daughter Marcy, who, in my opinion, the author did not fully develop. There were too many distractions and sub-plots with the author’s narrative.
The author has a good plot but has smothered it with too many details for me… (mere)