Laura Caldwell- "False Impressions"

   Have you ever ordered something from a menu that looked really tasty, but when you took a bite it was just "eh?" Either it is missing salt or sugar. Sometimes you can't quite put your finger on what's missing, but you know that little spice is just not there. In all instances you are disappointed because you were expecting so much more. This is how I felt while reading False Impressions. 
   

This book will make your brain explode!

    "Action, Suspense, Sex, all the stuff that readers look for." This is what is on the cover of this book. First of all, I want to know why people just look for these things in a book, anyway? Shouldn't a book be more than that? Shouldn't you be able to take something special away from reading the story? Don't get me started on the sex thing. To me the sex scenes described in books are always so corny. That is beside the point though. Even if one really does look for those things in a novel, they won't find it in this one. I felt like I was constantly waiting for things to get better. 

    This is part of Laura's series of mysteries involving the character Izzy McNeil. McNeil is a defense lawyer/ P.I. In this story, Izzy puts on her P.I. hat and dives into the world of art. A friend of McNeil's asks her to investigate a string of forgeries found in an art gallery. McNeil then goes undercover as an assistant to the owner to track down the forger and also protect the owner who is being stalked. 

    The whole time I was reading this book I knew there was something wrong with this book and I couldn't explain it until the very end. Izzy is way too bland. Everyone around her goes on and on about how mysterious she is, but there is nothing in the book that Izzy does or says to back up those statements. She is just there and I could never connect with her. She has quirks, but even those are bland. The whole book was like that. The ending wasn't predictable, but it too was just boring. Just like the food that you order that seems so good, it needs that extra spice to it. This book really does live up to it's name because the exciting reviews on the cover and inside give you false impressions of how the book really is.