

What I’m telling you is that I will be able to pay you tomorrow morning.” “You don’t even have a driver’s license?” “ Everything’s in my wallet.” Lisa bit her bottom lip, and he could see what was coming-a nice girl working herself up to be the bad guy. I’m well aware of the purpose of deposits. In case-and of course I’m not saying that this would necessarily happen-but in case there was any damage to the room or charges incurred that-” “I understand that. I have already finished the second book, Wayward, and am really looking forward to wrapping the series up.At least a credit card number. He’s extremely intelligent and vigilant in what he does, and it is such a treat watching him discover what Wayward Pines is all about. There’s just something about the way that Crouch can consistently build intensity that is just so damn impressive.Įthan is a great main character to follow. I would say it is definitely worth a read, even if you have watched the show.

Because of that though, not a lot of this came as a surprise to me, however, this is a really clever story. I mean, as adaptations go, this one was actually pretty stellar. The whole time I was reading this, picturing Matt Dillon as Ethan Burke of course, I couldn’t help but be impressed with how the television show was handled. I actually did watch the first season of the television show, Wayward Pines, released in 2015 on FOX, so I had a very strong idea of what this story was all about. I was completely correct with that assumption. I loved both Dark Matter and Recursion from Crouch and suspected it would be more of the same with this series.

When my dear friend, Shannon, suggested buddy reading this together, I was 100% on board.

This is a significant backlist bump for me and luckily, quite successful. Pines, the first book in Blake Crouch’s Wayward Pines trilogy, was originally published in 2012.
