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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Smut with plot, doesn't pretend to be anything else. Decent murder mystery, it took me a while to figure out the ending.
Decent romantic suspense, but not as good as I'd expected from the reviews. I thought the suspense storyline was well-done, but the writing was uneven in spots. Samantha didn't act very professional on several occasions, which seemed at odds with her determination to always act professionally.
I did like the primary characters, Nick and Samantha, and the secondary characters including Samantha's partner and her family. The characters and the decent suspense plot might bring me back for another book in this series.
I did like the primary characters, Nick and Samantha, and the secondary characters including Samantha's partner and her family. The characters and the decent suspense plot might bring me back for another book in this series.
I liked this book more than I expected to! Looking forward to reading more by this author.
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Meh. Was ok. Liked Nick, Sam was just ok, got on my nerves a bunch. Typical romantic suspense with a lot going on, but didn't love it. May try the next book, but not high on my TBR.
I don't know just didn't like Sam's character much. Also she makes lots of psychological judgment without the expertise. Is there no police expert to talk too.
The whole story is around her, like she is the only one running the police department and just knows it all.
Did not feel much chemistry between the two main characters. The writer was trying to force connection between them, (therefore) but did not work for me at all
The story should have been more complex. The idea was good but the presentation lacked.
The whole story is around her, like she is the only one running the police department and just knows it all.
Did not feel much chemistry between the two main characters. The writer was trying to force connection between them, (therefore) but did not work for me at all
The story should have been more complex. The idea was good but the presentation lacked.
This book is different than what I normally enjoy, but it was free so I gave it a shot. It was an incredibly entertaining book, if not life changing. I like her writing style and the characters, major and minor. I would like to read the next books in the series, but they're too pricey.
US senator John O'Connor is murdered in his home and Detective Samantha Holland is given the case. Sam needs vindication badly because she was the detective that ordered the shooting on a crack house the resulted in the death of a child.
As she gets to the crime scene she runs smack into Nick Cappuano, O'Connor's chief of staff and the guy she had a memorable one night stand with 6 years earlier. The two reconnect while solving the murder.
This book was a definite page turner with the suspense element being the strongest part of the book. There were plenty of suspects although I was a little disappointed in the resolution.
The romance part of the book was also very nice. Sam and Nick had a great connection and I like the fact that they didn't play around. They got right to the point, they acknowledged their feelings and began to work through new couple issues.
I had the biggest problem, though with some plotting elements and characterizations.
First I thought there was too much going on. Sam was working on the murder plus the fallout from the crack shooting incident plus her crazy ex husband plus a vindictive superior. All these things wouldn't necessarily have been so bad, but at least two of them were actively trying to kill her.
Second, sometimes I thought the characters just didn't act logically. Sam dragged Nick to various witness interviews when he was not only a civilian but could have still have been construed by some as a viable suspect.
Nick gets upset because when a shooter opens fire in a public place, she pushes him down and won't let him protect her. Uh, dude, she's a cop. That's her job. There seemed to be a disconnect between that. Nick seemed determinedly oblivious to the fact that her job is dangerous. And Sam wasn't forceful enough, imo, in making him face that fact.
And O'connor really had to be the dumbest senator in the world. His old brother disgraces himself and loses any chance of even running for senate because he was picked up on a DUI charge before he announced his candidacy, and yet O'connor is basically a slut who has rough sex and threesomes and gives out his home keys like Halloween candy to his various women with whom he never has more than a one-week relationship.
I only guessed the identity of the killer very late in the book, so that was a plus. But I was never completely sold on the guilty party's motive. We did get the why, but it never really resonated because absent any other concrete characterization of this person, the murder seemed extreme for the motive. I like it best when the murderer is revealed and you can immediately think back to hints dropped in the book and see why this is the case. That didn't happen here.
Overall not a complete hit out the ball park but still an engaging read.
As she gets to the crime scene she runs smack into Nick Cappuano, O'Connor's chief of staff and the guy she had a memorable one night stand with 6 years earlier. The two reconnect while solving the murder.
This book was a definite page turner with the suspense element being the strongest part of the book. There were plenty of suspects although I was a little disappointed in the resolution.
The romance part of the book was also very nice. Sam and Nick had a great connection and I like the fact that they didn't play around. They got right to the point, they acknowledged their feelings and began to work through new couple issues.
I had the biggest problem, though with some plotting elements and characterizations.
First I thought there was too much going on. Sam was working on the murder plus the fallout from the crack shooting incident plus her crazy ex husband plus a vindictive superior. All these things wouldn't necessarily have been so bad, but at least two of them were actively trying to kill her.
Second, sometimes I thought the characters just didn't act logically. Sam dragged Nick to various witness interviews when he was not only a civilian but could have still have been construed by some as a viable suspect.
Nick gets upset because when a shooter opens fire in a public place, she pushes him down and won't let him protect her. Uh, dude, she's a cop. That's her job. There seemed to be a disconnect between that. Nick seemed determinedly oblivious to the fact that her job is dangerous. And Sam wasn't forceful enough, imo, in making him face that fact.
And O'connor really had to be the dumbest senator in the world. His old brother disgraces himself and loses any chance of even running for senate because he was picked up on a DUI charge before he announced his candidacy, and yet O'connor is basically a slut who has rough sex and threesomes and gives out his home keys like Halloween candy to his various women with whom he never has more than a one-week relationship.
I only guessed the identity of the killer very late in the book, so that was a plus. But I was never completely sold on the guilty party's motive. We did get the why, but it never really resonated because absent any other concrete characterization of this person, the murder seemed extreme for the motive. I like it best when the murderer is revealed and you can immediately think back to hints dropped in the book and see why this is the case. That didn't happen here.
Overall not a complete hit out the ball park but still an engaging read.