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Cold Pursuit
You choose where the story goes. . . .
When Kennady first meets Atticus, she is not impressed. The second time, she's offended. But before the week is over, they team up to find out who sabotaged the secret alternative-energy project in a basement lab on the university campus. You get to choose what happened in the break-in at the lab was Dr. Takishida kidnapped or were his computer files stolen? As sinister forces try to stop Kennady and Atticus from solving the crime, each of the two story lines divide, offering a total of four possible endings.
(BTW, only the author knows which ending leads to Hot Pursuit, the sequel.)
Full of mystery, suspense, and romance, Cold Pursuit takes your reading experience to the next level.
Includes links to images, music, clues to the mystery, information about cold fusion, and on and on. See the links at the back of the book and type them into your computer browser for even more fun!
When Kennady first meets Atticus, she is not impressed. The second time, she's offended. But before the week is over, they team up to find out who sabotaged the secret alternative-energy project in a basement lab on the university campus. You get to choose what happened in the break-in at the lab was Dr. Takishida kidnapped or were his computer files stolen? As sinister forces try to stop Kennady and Atticus from solving the crime, each of the two story lines divide, offering a total of four possible endings.
(BTW, only the author knows which ending leads to Hot Pursuit, the sequel.)
Full of mystery, suspense, and romance, Cold Pursuit takes your reading experience to the next level.
Includes links to images, music, clues to the mystery, information about cold fusion, and on and on. See the links at the back of the book and type them into your computer browser for even more fun!
362 pages, Paperback
First published July 7, 2013
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August 13, 2013
Cold Pursuit is a unique book. The author has cleverly written a story where the reader gets to choose how they would like the story to progress. Would you like the Professor to disappear, or would you like for his research to disappear? Whichever you think would make for a better story is what you can read.
I chose for the Professor to disappear and then a link that said BK1100. I was happy with what I read until I got to the end and the author stated that it wasn't her favorite ending. I then had the choice of linking back to options that I didn't choose before and find new aspects of the story. I found a completely different ending that I didn't like as much. Now I can go back to my fist choice and choose that the Professor's research to disappear and have a whole new story. Kinda cool!
The story is about two young college students who are intrigued by the break in on campus. A Professor who is developing a new method of cold fusion's office has had his work compromised. This is where the reader gets to pick and choose the story.
The secondary characters are unique and at times very entertaining. As new options are selected family and social settings are explored and the reader is able to connect with the characters in a different way.
I really enjoyed this story. I have read a couple of different options and have a few more that I can explore.
I chose for the Professor to disappear and then a link that said BK1100. I was happy with what I read until I got to the end and the author stated that it wasn't her favorite ending. I then had the choice of linking back to options that I didn't choose before and find new aspects of the story. I found a completely different ending that I didn't like as much. Now I can go back to my fist choice and choose that the Professor's research to disappear and have a whole new story. Kinda cool!
The story is about two young college students who are intrigued by the break in on campus. A Professor who is developing a new method of cold fusion's office has had his work compromised. This is where the reader gets to pick and choose the story.
The secondary characters are unique and at times very entertaining. As new options are selected family and social settings are explored and the reader is able to connect with the characters in a different way.
I really enjoyed this story. I have read a couple of different options and have a few more that I can explore.
March 22, 2014
2.5 stars. I liked the idea of this book. It's basically a choose-your-own-adventure book. I think it's a cool way to try to write a story. But of course, I'm one of those people who can't just read one ending, I have to read all four. But then I get confused as to where one ending picks up. So I did like the book, but it's just really confusing if you try to read it all at once.
April 26, 2023
This book has an interactive element where you choose what the reality of the story is. Each playthrough has two choices and there are four endings. This is different from most interactive fiction (IF) where you make choices as the protagonist of the story. So for an uncommonly used design choice, I expected some kind of payoff. But I wasn't able to figure out what the narrative significance of the choices was. What is the point of engaging the reader in co-creation of a narrative when one is the "canon" ending that leads to the sequel? The choices were things like "the professor is missing" or "the files are missing." The branches were not narratively consistent with one another, so there wasn't any extra information that could inform the reader of what other choices to make later. I would understand if Dayley was trying to make a point about how anyone could be culpable, but it seemed like the same story told four different ways. Was she trying to show that the details of the story were irrelevant to the purpose of the narrative, to create excitement through intrigue?
I also didn't like the writing very much. There were several people of color in the book, but they were pretty stereotyped in their representation. Kennady's Deaf brother did seem to be more than his deafness, at least. Kennady's vegan family where everyone loves cooking is contrasted with Atticus's mom, who doesn't cook and seems more focused on her work than her family. I will say that the book is set in Idaho and the weather was a constant presence. So many books seem to ignore the weather, but the ice and snow were constantly making people cold in this book.
The romance was not all that convincing to me. Kennady was weirdly competitive and everyone's actions seemed overly sexualized. At one point, Kennady and Atticus have a conversation about choices that could have commented on the reader's position as the person making choices, but since the reader isn't making moral decisions, it isn't relevant to their choices:
I also didn't like the writing very much. There were several people of color in the book, but they were pretty stereotyped in their representation. Kennady's Deaf brother did seem to be more than his deafness, at least. Kennady's vegan family where everyone loves cooking is contrasted with Atticus's mom, who doesn't cook and seems more focused on her work than her family. I will say that the book is set in Idaho and the weather was a constant presence. So many books seem to ignore the weather, but the ice and snow were constantly making people cold in this book.
The romance was not all that convincing to me. Kennady was weirdly competitive and everyone's actions seemed overly sexualized. At one point, Kennady and Atticus have a conversation about choices that could have commented on the reader's position as the person making choices, but since the reader isn't making moral decisions, it isn't relevant to their choices:
"do you ever wonder why people do what they do?"
[...]
"I've been wondering something similar. Why would anyone steal another person's money even if it's as easy as robbing a cash store? Would it matter if it were lying on the counter while everyone went o lunch? Wouldn't the thief lose more than he gained?"
Kennady nodded. "His character. Or Hers."
August 29, 2013
What an AMAZINGLY WONDERFUL book!
I purposefully read this book because it promised a "choose your own ending!"
I was intrigued with HOW the author was going to pull that off.
And she did it BEAUTIFULLY!
I REALLY LOVED this book!
What a FUN way to tell a story!
The story line is suspenseful and romantic!
And YOU, the reader, get to choose which way it goes!
Atticus has just moved to Idaho and is a neighbor to Kennady.
Their first meeting is not very impressive.
And the next time they meet it is not much better.
But when someone tries to sabotage the secret cold-energy project being put together on the university campus, they will have to team up to help solve the mystery.
YOU, the reader, get to choose what is missing from the lab break-in...Dr. Takishida OR his files.
"As sinister forces try to stop Kennady and Atticus from solving the crime, each of the two story lines divide, offering a total of four possible endings" taking your "reading experience to the next level."
I read through to one of the endings and LOVED it...
But wanted to know what the other endings were too!
So I read ALL of them!
All are FANTASTIC!
You will LOVE this book!
Read it through to one ending and be done.
OR
Read it through to one ending and choose to take another ending (book will prompt this :)
OR
Read it through like I did, going back and reading through all the different endings!
IT is totally up to you to choose your own ending!
YOU choose how the mystery unfolds!
I purposefully read this book because it promised a "choose your own ending!"
I was intrigued with HOW the author was going to pull that off.
And she did it BEAUTIFULLY!
I REALLY LOVED this book!
What a FUN way to tell a story!
The story line is suspenseful and romantic!
And YOU, the reader, get to choose which way it goes!
Atticus has just moved to Idaho and is a neighbor to Kennady.
Their first meeting is not very impressive.
And the next time they meet it is not much better.
But when someone tries to sabotage the secret cold-energy project being put together on the university campus, they will have to team up to help solve the mystery.
YOU, the reader, get to choose what is missing from the lab break-in...Dr. Takishida OR his files.
"As sinister forces try to stop Kennady and Atticus from solving the crime, each of the two story lines divide, offering a total of four possible endings" taking your "reading experience to the next level."
I read through to one of the endings and LOVED it...
But wanted to know what the other endings were too!
So I read ALL of them!
All are FANTASTIC!
You will LOVE this book!
Read it through to one ending and be done.
OR
Read it through to one ending and choose to take another ending (book will prompt this :)
OR
Read it through like I did, going back and reading through all the different endings!
IT is totally up to you to choose your own ending!
YOU choose how the mystery unfolds!
April 28, 2016
Just a heads up here: this was a cozy mystery instead of romantic suspense, despite what is printed on the book cover.
I would have preferred just one story, front to back. What was there was fine, but I did not like the format.
I did basically read this book from front cover to back cover. At first, I chose the options that were right there in front of me and just kept going to the end of that thread. I had planned to read just one set of options to the end and leave it at that but my first set left me feeling very dissatisfied. Certain that some other option would be more satisfying, I just kept reading straight through. I did not become completely satisfied at any point. I would not read a sequel. However, this book has made me want to read something else by this author to see what one complete "undisjointed" story by her would be like.
I would have preferred just one story, front to back. What was there was fine, but I did not like the format.
I did basically read this book from front cover to back cover. At first, I chose the options that were right there in front of me and just kept going to the end of that thread. I had planned to read just one set of options to the end and leave it at that but my first set left me feeling very dissatisfied. Certain that some other option would be more satisfying, I just kept reading straight through. I did not become completely satisfied at any point. I would not read a sequel. However, this book has made me want to read something else by this author to see what one complete "undisjointed" story by her would be like.
April 28, 2014
I did not like all the multiple choice endings as it left you confused and wondering what the author had intended the story line to be.
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