Blog Tour(Character Interview and Review): Gone at Zero Hundred 00:00 by CR Hiatt

On My Bookshelf : Gone at Zero Hundred 00:00  by CR Hiatt

I love this book so much, I’ve hardly been able to wait the two months since I read this to share it with you! The author’s amazing too, I forgot to schedule this review somehow, even though I love this book, and she was super nice about it. First, here’s the character interview with Sydney Mcswain, scroll down to read my review, where I gush about this book because it’s AMAZING. I cannot stress that enough!Also, there's an international giveaway for two print copies at the bottom!

1.       Sydney, what is your greatest weakness? Do you feel like this helps your detective work in any way?

I have a lot of weaknesses. I just disguise them with my anger, and urgent need to find my dad.

One of the most obvious ones is; I don’t fit in with others, especially girls. Oh, sure, I get along with Cody and Jaden. We grew up together, and the fact that I’m a tomboy. I can match them in all the “guy” things we do. I whip their butts on any paintball or obstacle course. I taught them to zip line down roofs and hilltops, and I dive head-first into any situation, without fearing the consequences. I have always been that way, but never knew why. I was sure my lack of fear came from my dad’s gene pool.

I just don’t know how to be a girl, or woman, now that I’m over 18. That’s a major weakness, and one I don’t know how to correct.

It helps in my detective work, because I don’t let anything stop me.

2.       What’s your biggest regret?

I spent a lot of time being angry with my mother because she refused to give me the identity of my father. I spent so much time yearning and searching for him, that I often neglected the person who had always been there for me, My Mother. Not knowing anything about my dad, I had him on a pedestal. I often fantasized that he was some hot-shot hereo, out saving the world from destruction, and he couldn’t be with me, for my own safety.

It never occurred to me that my mom might have a valid reason for keeping his identity a secret. I just assumed she didn’t like him, so she was depriving me of having a relationship with him. She would give me one-liners that often made think he wasn’t such a good guy. I was often defensive to shield myself from the pain. It was easier to blame her for the fact that he wasn’t in my life.

I regret that I couldn’t let my defenses down, open up to my mom and bare my soul. It must have been tiresome for her raising an angry teen.

3.       In ‘Gone At Zero Hundred’, you lose your Mother, and you find it especially difficult because the last words you said were not very kind. If you could go back and relive that, what would you like the last words you said to her to be?

If I could turn back the clock, I don’t think I could use words to describe what I feel for her. Instead, I would embrace her, and not let go. I would want her to “feel” the love - know that she is the most important person in my life, and that no matter how much time I spend focused on searching for my father, she is the one who I am most grateful for. My words wouldn’t be able to express that.

4.       Do you like your name? If not, what would you like to be renamed to?

My friends have always called me Syd, and it fits because the name sounds tomboy-ish. There were moments, when I looked at my mom and saw her beauty that I wished I could be like Cinderella - that a handsome prince would save me, and give me the glass slipper. When I was lost in those fantasies, my name would always be Anastasia, and I would be beautiful.

5.       Why did you choose to continue working as a detective after the loss of your mother, instead of getting a regular job?

Deep down, I think I owed it to my mom to follow in her footsteps. Plus, I’m pretty good at it.

6.       What do you consider to be your happiest moment?

There are two:

1. When lying around on the sofa with my mom doing a 24-hour marathon of action movies, and both of us would yell and scream at the TV, laughing it up and having fun.

2. The minute General Wells walked into the hospital room with news. I don’t know if it will turn out the way I hope, but I’m trying to stay positive.

Now time for my review!

Source: Tours De Codex Book Tours

Format: E-Book

Publisher: Self-Published

Pagecount: 352

Publication Date: March 30^th, 2012

My Rating: 5/5 Stars

My Review: I loved this book. Like, total genuine book love, because while it was a looooongggg book, it was also refreshing, a nice summery read, quick, breezy- although it’s an odd mix of chick-lit, YA, and mystery.

Often with blog tours, I will not read the book until the night before, and then I will have a hectic all nighter race to finish whatever book it is,  finally finishing at 3 AM, tired as heck, but proud of myself.

But not this book.

I finished this in MAY. Literally the day after I got it on my Kindle, I was done. It’s just one of those books you devour, you need to find out what happens when.

Even if I found the characters, especially the character of the main characters best friend, a little bit cliché and stereotyped, I overlooked that fact because I LOVE THIS BOOK.

This is in my top five books, it’s just so amazing!

In conclusion, I loved this book, and cannot wait for the next book, Fireworks on the 4^th, which is coming in June!(Please note; I am writing this review in May, by the time this review is up Fireworks on the 4^th will be released, and hopefully on my bookshelves!) I highly recommend this book, and highly recommend that you read it RIGHT NOW. Literally, RIGHT NOW. Get it for your Kindle or Nook or get a paperback copy, as long as you read it, because I LOVED this book, and I’m sure you will too!

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