My Soul to Take

Rating:
Summary: NO SOUL TO TAKE
Review: Spruill's follow up to "Before I Wake", is a somewhat far-fetched story of what happens when a microchip is developed that helps near blind people see better, but has a strange side effect: you can see the future. Interesting concept, but it's handling is mundane. Heroine Suzanna Lord is feisty, for sure, but she's also pretty stupid and careless, finding herself in more than one predicament she should have known better. The most ridiculous scenario is when she tries to pass herself off as her military sister in order to get to the chief of the CIA. She also has a lover named Jay who is tormented about something he didn't do in the Gulf War, and finds herself falling for one of the microchips recipients, an impossibly handsome artist named Andrew Dugan. The pacing of the book is a little slow, and some of the dialogue is forced and derivative. The main villain, Archer Mosser, is also cookie cutter monster, replete with damaged face and a muscled body. There aren't many surprises and one can see the "surprise" ending a mile away. But, if you are in the mood for fluff, this is adequate. I don't think Spruill has ever caught on, since I'm the first to review this book, which is almost ten years old!!