Patty's Reviews > Scorpio Rising

Scorpio Rising details the lives of two rather compelling characters; Alex Ivanov, a young man born to a part time prostitute in Brooklyn who longs to live in Manhattan and become an architect and Brigitte Dartois a girl in France abused by her stepfather who runs away to Paris only to be saved by another predatory man. She runs again to find salvation in her talent as an artist.


Both characters are fascinating and flawed and are, of course, destined to meet.


Their stories are told in alternating chapters and this was hard for me. I had some difficulty keeping track of where I was in time between the two worlds - Paris and Manhattan. If perhaps larger pieces of each characters story had been given and then moved between it might have been easier for me to follow. But that is me - I have memory issues.


The book is short and didn't take long to read and I did find myself clicking my Nook to go from page to page. I was sent a finished copy but still found quite a few errors which was a touch disconcerting; I was missing 4 pages which did not help but I was still able to keep up with the story. Because of its length I feel that some parts were not as developed as they could have been and this first book of the series ends somewhat suddenly.