{"id":2794,"date":"2023-05-05T10:15:37","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T14:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caroljpost.com\/?p=2794"},"modified":"2023-05-05T10:15:39","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T14:15:39","slug":"book-review-east-of-evil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caroljpost.com\/dev\/book-review-east-of-evil\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review – East of Evil"},"content":{"rendered":"

****Special preorder price of $1.99 until release day, May 7, 2023****<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

East of Evil<\/em> is the fourth book in Fisher\u2019s Compass Crime Series. I was drawn in from the first sentence\u2014\u201cNefi\u2019s life-changing day started ordinary and turned peculiar on the way to morning classes.\u201d Fisher\u2019s writing style is snappy and fun, and lots of intrigue keeps readers turning the pages quickly to see what happens next.<\/p>\n

East of Evil <\/em>is filled with well-drawn, unique characters. Nefi Jenkins, the main character, is getting ready to graduate from Harvard. Raised in the Amazon jungle by missionary parents who were killed when she was 16, Nefi isn\u2019t the typical college-age American girl. Fisher does a great job of bringing this out in the way Nefi thinks and acts. For example, the people she is closest to are part of her tribe, and those who betray her must be kicked out of her tribe. Some mannerisms have carried forward into her new way of life, too, like tapping the chest of someone she loves during times of stress to make sure they are really there (although she recognizes this as odd in the US and tries to refrain from it). Learning she has inherited a 10-million-dollar trust fund doesn\u2019t change the way she lives (other than the fact someone now wants her dead!) because money wasn\u2019t a thing in the jungle. Creating a character with a completely foreign upbringing is always a challenge, and Fisher does it superbly. Besides her fascinating background, Nefi is smart, strong, blunt and good at reading people\u2019s emotions in their facial expressions (a great skill to have since she\u2019s planning on a career with the FBI).<\/p>\n

Nefi\u2019s college roommates, Cassie and Michael Ulysses Trace the Third (\u201cMutt\u201d for short), are Marines studying on the GI bill. Cassie bakes brownies and cookies when stressed, and Mutt has an aversion to kitchen duty, PTSD that sometimes has him sleeping outside on the patio, and a variety of t-shirts with sayings like \u201cGun control means using both hands\u201d and \u201cThere\u2019s no such thing as too much ammo unless your house is on fire.\u201d East of Evil<\/em> features a whole cast of characters who are fun, interesting and, in the case of the villain, cunningly evil.<\/p>\n

The book is full of fun exchanges between the characters, too. For example, this one when Nefi is going to hire Arlo, a private investigator who is a friend of a friend:<\/p>\n

\u201cBarlow Investigations, how can I help you?\u201d
\n\u201cHey, stalker. I have a job for you.\u201d
\n\u201cNefi Jenkins?\u201d
\n\u201cWait. Is your name Arlo Barlow?\u201d
\n\u201cAre you sure you want to make fun of my name? Because I know your real first name.\u201d
\nNefi gasped. \u201cHow?\u201d
\n\u201cI am a private investigator.\u201d
\n\u201cI\u2019m impressed, and I apologize.\u201d
\n\u201cApology accepted.\u201d<\/p>\n

East of Evil\u2019s<\/em> intricate plot will keep the reader turning pages as Nefi discovers that the trust fund she just inherited has a large chunk missing and sets out to learn what happened to the missing money.<\/p>\n

I highly recommend East of Evil <\/em>(as well as the other books in the series). They are all clean, with God and strong family values woven throughout.<\/p>\n

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A colossal fortune. A secret reaper. A young woman whose drive for due process makes her the target of dangerous people\u2026<\/span><\/h4>\n

Nefi Jenkins dreams of becoming an FBI agent. After outing her parents\u2019 heartless killer, the Harvard grad focuses on getting into a stellar criminal justice master\u2019s degree program. But her career goals take a back seat when she inherits a ten-million-dollar trust from her late parents\u2026with a hefty chunk gone.<\/p>\n

Seeking the help of a forensic accountant, Nefi discovers a cunning thief has been stealing from her inheritance. And with her legacy at stake, the hidden enemy\u2019s scheme to swipe her cash could turn deadly.<\/p>\n

Can Nefi restore her parent\u2019s wealth before her investigation turns fatal?<\/p>\n

If you like strong heroines, greed-driven crimes, and jaw-dropping twists, then you\u2019ll love Joni M Fisher\u2019s hunt for the truth.\u00a0Order here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

****Special preorder price of $1.99 until release day, May 7, 2023**** East of Evil is the fourth book in Fisher\u2019s Compass Crime Series. I was drawn in from the first sentence\u2014\u201cNefi\u2019s life-changing day started ordinary and turned peculiar on the way to morning classes.\u201d Fisher\u2019s writing style is snappy and fun, and lots of intrigue […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[92,186,187],"class_list":["post-2794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-recommendations","tag-book-review","tag-east-of-evil","tag-joni-m-fisher"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caroljpost.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caroljpost.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caroljpost.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caroljpost.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caroljpost.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2794"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/caroljpost.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2799,"href":"https:\/\/caroljpost.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2794\/revisions\/2799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caroljpost.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caroljpost.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caroljpost.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}