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3.66 AVERAGE
3.66 AVERAGE
This was not for me. It's too bad because I think the relationship between the two main characters would be interesting to read about against any other backdrop. I have zero interest in a spy thriller or whatever this is. I picked it up for the Romance-opoly challenge that was to read a romantic suspense with a military hero/heroine. It was one of the recommendations on the website. I don't usually enjoy books about spies or espionage, so I liked that this one was short and free. I also didn't like the present tense used in the writing and I wasn't jiving with the writing style in general. The characters were slightly interesting, but I like my enemies-to-lovers trope to be a little less on the nose. Other people seem to really like this though, so it could be a case of "it's not you, it's me." Needless to say, I won't be continuing the series.
Challenges:
2019 Goodreads Challenge
Romance-opoly - Military Mews: Read a romantic suspense with a military hero/heroine
Challenges:
2019 Goodreads Challenge
Romance-opoly - Military Mews: Read a romantic suspense with a military hero/heroine
This is a prequel novella and while it has some tugs of interest I really needed more to get me truly invested in the characters and the storyline; to make me want to continue on in the series.
The big shocker would have been an interesting moment had we a)not been getting dual POV and/or were we not aware of the genre we were reading. As it is it’s expected and not anywhere near what it could have been. Personally I’d have ditched the dual POV to keep the reader in a suspense for a while.
The big shocker would have been an interesting moment had we a)not been getting dual POV and/or were we not aware of the genre we were reading. As it is it’s expected and not anywhere near what it could have been. Personally I’d have ditched the dual POV to keep the reader in a suspense for a while.
Intriguing sneak peak into a seriously hot spy romanc
This is thrilling, it's like a little bite at the cherry when you know you want to take the whole thing.
I absolutely loved the little twist, very clever, and now I can't wait to get stuck into the full novel.
This was a perfect teaser with just enough given away and one plot line still wrapped up in a short package.
This is thrilling, it's like a little bite at the cherry when you know you want to take the whole thing.
I absolutely loved the little twist, very clever, and now I can't wait to get stuck into the full novel.
This was a perfect teaser with just enough given away and one plot line still wrapped up in a short package.
Read for 2019 Romanceopoly for the Freedom Friars (read an adult LGBT book) space.
I was intrigued by the concept of this -- a hitman falls in love with the bodyguard of the man he's out to kill, but it fell short of the execution for me. I didn't realize that it was just a (short) prequel that wouldn't go into the actual story, but it managed to be just a bit too smutty/dirty for my taste, especially for a book where I wasn't able to become connected to the characters. I will give it shock points for a twist that I never saw coming halfway through (though the twist definitely helped clarify questions that I'd been asking since the beginning). I'm not sure if I enjoyed this enough to pick up the sequel, but it wasn't the worst way to spend half an hour.
I was intrigued by the concept of this -- a hitman falls in love with the bodyguard of the man he's out to kill, but it fell short of the execution for me. I didn't realize that it was just a (short) prequel that wouldn't go into the actual story, but it managed to be just a bit too smutty/dirty for my taste, especially for a book where I wasn't able to become connected to the characters. I will give it shock points for a twist that I never saw coming halfway through (though the twist definitely helped clarify questions that I'd been asking since the beginning). I'm not sure if I enjoyed this enough to pick up the sequel, but it wasn't the worst way to spend half an hour.
Fun, quick, sexy. Very tropey - the leads are both classic types, the bad guys are without nuance, the spies inhumanly skilled... but hey, fun, quick read. NOTE: This is reproduced as chapters 1-8 in the follow-on book. So you don't have to get both.