ateanalenn 's review for:

Cut & Run by Madeleine Urban, Abigail Roux

2.0

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I had high hopes for this story, especially with how many people reviewed it, but I have to say it's a bit of a disappointment.

It started well. Interesting characters, not too much info dump, a crime that caught my interest. And the fact that both guy didn't jump at each others the very night they met.

And then... :/  Well, I expected it to be a thriller with a taste of romance, but I ended up with 'real strong men' who got hurt a lot but always jumped back on their feet and a killer who I'd sussed out within 30% of the story, crossing my fingers for a plot twist. I mean, those two protagonistes had to be seriously suspicious assholes with their background, and yet they trusted him without any reason from the beginning to the very end. Also, there were others characters shown five minutes each and never mentioned again, so not really potential killers, which left very few possibilities (by which I mean, only one). The investigation felt rushed and to be honest, barely there.

The sex part was good enough, but the characters balanced between 'I love you. not' and it was all so messy and disjointed that at time I didn't even know where we were in the investigation, since we'd spent the last two chapters watching the guys be 'really strong men' and not talking or misunderstanding each other when they did. And the guy, an ex-Marine, who's strength and 'dangerousness' got praised so many time in the book... was caught unaware by a newbie barely out of the Academy.

Honestly, I don't know why I don't give this thing two stars. And I'm still wondering if I'll buy the next book in the series. But it's got good reviews? I'll probably give it a try again. With all that shit out of the way, maybe the next book will be less disjointed.