This was my first Dean Koontz book, and honestly, I borrowed it because it featured golden retrievers.
Our heroine, Amy, runs a rescue group for abandoned/abused golden retrievers. Her dedication to saving abused animals can be reckless. She has a love interest who she can’t fully commit to, and when she adopts Nicki, a series of strange incidents start happening that indicate she’s being stalked.
Ok, so I don’t remember that much of this book. Honestly? It wasn’t that good. What I do remember is the impression that golden retrievers are awesome (I now have one and he is super awesome, but he is a handful), this wasn’t the horror story I thought I was getting, and miracles are a cop out way to end a book.
This was marketed to me as a horror story but it seemed more supernatural/suspense because of the whole dogs are angels and a higher power is at play aspect of it. Like I said, miracles are a crappy way to end a book.
I know that Koontz wrote this book because of HIS golden retriever. IIRC, he said to the dog that she was an angel sent from Heaven, and that the dog seemed to recognize that he said this.
I believe it. Totally legit. Dogs ARE angels sent from Heaven.
This book’s biggest redeeming qualities are the golden retrievers. I love them, they are wonderful, and they are without a doubt special angels. The miracles and lack of interesting plot weren’t my favorite aspects. Buuuut golden retrievers. The book gets a pass.
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