A review by oashackelford
Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead by Elle Cosimano

4.0

Finlay's life is going a little bit better since she had some money coming in, and it was nice to see Steven knocked down a few pegs, but she still doesn't know who is responsible for putting a hit out on her Ex-husband. Between that and whatever secret Vero is keeping, she isn't really sure when she is supposed to write her hit sequel, the follow up to her hitwoman series. Of course, it is much easier to write when life keeps giving her inspiration through harrowing life or death experiences. She just needs to figure out who wants Steven dead and keep her bills afloat until her life calms down a little bit.

I liked this one, but I thought that it lacked the focus of the first book. I felt like there was almost too much going on at once and it was a little hard to keep track of who wanted who dead, and who had been ruled out as a suspect. I also felt like there were some loose ends that I wanted tied up, but it seems like the author has saved those for the next book.

The last thing I will say is that the romance felt kind of forced. It seemed like Finlay just went with whichever guy was paying the most attention to her at the moment instead of looking at her own life and figuring out what she actually wanted. I actually think I would have liked this book just a little bit more if she wasn't pursuing a relationship at all and she was just friends with the lawyer and the cop.

I am curious how she thinks she can be close to Nick at all, considering he is a good detective (but, I mean, is he though?) and she is hiding some really shady stuff that they could all go to prison for.