Good Story and Supporting UI – Kelley Armstrong's Cainsville Files Review

This is a fun story with a solid noir start - a private investigator who just left the police force. The character's background, provided for in recollections the reader can choose, wrap up nicely in the end. The story is engaging and fun but with a frightening subtext that is a little more shocking because of the art. The art is wonderfully drawn - it lends itself nicely to the narrative and fleshes out scenes well. The UI has a "Contents" drawer that allows the reader to 'rewind' to a previous chapter. After finishing the story you can rewind to a previous chapter and re-read it, selecting different options. The UI also supports scrolling backwards, with a small gauge in the upper right corner, so you can rewind within a chapter to make a different choice. (Helpful around tree houses!) I would not call this 'pathetically short' as another reviewer did, but I would call it short. However, the UI's content tab means the story can be explored again - which makes it longer and more enjoyable. Because of this I will buy Kelley Armstrong's forthcoming Omens novel. I hope there are more Cainsville Files stories for iOS and I hope more authors opt to promote and explorer their novels with this format.
Review by theslowlane on Kelley Armstrong's Cainsville Files.