Blog Tour Review: Mind Over Matter – SJ Clarke

Mind Over Matter by SJ Clarke
Series:  ASI #1
Release Date:  November 4, 2011
Publisher:   MuseItUp Publishing
Page Count:  180
Source:  Bewitching Book Tours
Buy the book at: Amazon 

For three years Rebecca McKenney has been grieving the loss of her daughter. Now, a vision showing Sabrina three years older, suggests her baby is still alive, and the FBI agent who gave up the search is the only one who can help find her. Rebecca once witnessed a psychic connection between Agent Cooper and her daughter. She only hopes their fragile bond remains-and that the coward has the decency to pursue it.

Special Agent Dan Cooper, haunted by a tragic mistake made early in the investigation, agrees to help Rebecca to ease his conscience, if nothing else. Together they fight inner demons, all too real bad guys, and an attraction neither wants to admit to. Each step closer to finding her daughter unearths wide-spread deception and an evil so vile it threatens to break Rebecca’s spirit. The thought of having her daughter back in her arms is all that keeps her going. Until she learns the horrifying truth – her daughter is scheduled to die in mere days.

I liked the story, but I really wanted to love it.  The potential was there, but at times I felt like I was missing some important piece of information that was crucial to understanding what was happening.  

The whole back story with Dan and Rebecca played a huge role in their relationship, but we only got brief glimpses of that.  And their romance had me scratching my head at times.  She hates him, he’s cautious.  Suddenly their engaging in a sexual relationship and just as quickly she’s back to hating him (and in my opinion unjustly so) but he’s in love with her.  I like a little drama, but this was a bit much.


Then with the cult, that was so much a part of the small town, it was like there should have been some kind of sign of what was happening with so many members of the community being involved.  To go 3/4 of the way through the book and then find out just about everyone Rebecca trusted was involved kind of made you wonder who this was missed.

As I said in the beginning, I did like the story.  The cult storyline was interesting and does make you wonder if you know your neighbors and friends as well as you think you do.