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Title: Too many characters
Review: Kress tries to pull off four main viewpoint characters in 400 pages and fails. She has a great opening hook, and then the Vegas showgirl we followed for the first 25 pages hardly gets mentioned. Then the reader is alternated between a ex-marine with a drinking problem who wants his kids back, an FBI investigator who is stalking his ex-wife, and the wife of a deceased researcher who just found out he was having an affair. Each of these four 'main' characters come with supporting casts of three to ten minor characters.On top of all that, Kress is trying to write a science fiction based mystery novel where the bad guys are the mob. Kress needed to pick one story and write it, instead of meandering.Too many disparate elements jammed together forced the cliches to bubble up to the top. Predictable end. More a dysfunctional screenplay than a novel.Honestly, the best thing about the book was the title. I think "Oaths and Miracles" is a wonderful title. Bad novel though; not recommended.
