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When I was first approached by a publicist to review Damaged by Pamela Callow, I was a little hesitant to accept. I tend to steer away from books that I think fall into the adult commercial fiction genre because they usually end up annoying me. But since Pamela Callow was a new author (Damaged is her debut novel), and since I had worked with this particular publicist before, I decided to give it a shot.

I'm surprised to say that I'm glad I did. I actually ended up enjoying Damaged a lot more than I thought I would. I came into the book expecting it to be your typical dime-a-dozen-only-concerned-with-the-plot-and-not-the-characters type of book. I have to admit that there were a few things that bothered me in the book (mainly that I didn't care for the love interest and that I saw a few of the plot twists coming). But I'm happy to say that, overall, Damaged was definitely a notch above your average suspense novel.

I thought that the majority of the plot was good: action-filled and pretty fast-paced; but what I liked the most about this book was that the characters (both the major ones and the minor ones) were actually decently drawn out. I really liked the main character, Kate, her elderly neighbors, her boss, and even her dog, Alaska!


This is one of those books that breaks those stereotypes that we develop as readers. (Don't look so innocent. You know you catch yourself doing it every once in awhile too)! If I would have walked into a bookstore or library, I would never have picked up this book. Since I was lucky enough to be offered a review copy, I got to read a pretty good book that I would have missed out on otherwise!

Pamela Callow is a nice addition to the book world, and I'll definitely be looking out for her name in the future!


In a Sentence

Though some spots were mediocre, Damaged as a whole is a chilling tale from a talented new author!