A review by mollyreadsandcrafts
A Friend in the Glass by Gregory Ashe, C.S. Poe

3.5

This was just an okay book for me but a lot of that has to do with my personal preferences. I didn't love the mystery. The convoluted white collar/government conspiracy type stuff isn't really for me and I struggle to follow. As usual with this series there was a lot of fast paced action and twists and turns, but I wasn't nearly as invested because I just don't care as much about that stuff. I know this is more of my tastes, so if you like that type of crime don't let my review put you off! 

On top of not loving the case, again there wasn't a ton of relationship development with Rufus and Sam. I feel like at the end we finally got a little something, but I just wish there was more depth to their romance. They have this great physical chemistry that comes across the few times they are intimate and I can see why they care about each other, but I'm just not feeling it. 

I love Rufus as always, he's just a big sweetie under his street rat exterior. But as I predicted this plot had a lot more to do with Sam. We finally get to know what happened but I felt like everything with went could've been alluded to earlier. Sam has a huge reaction when Rufus's mental health problems are first brought up, leading to the cliffhanger at the end of book 1, but we never know why until now. I think if I knew a bit more of why Sam was struggling so much back then I could have empathized more and it would've given him more depth as a character. This feels really specific but it's because I've read Ashe write characters like this a lot better than how Sam was written and so I know that it could've been so good. Sam did kind of grow on me towards the end, and I'm hoping it continues on the next book. 

Overall it was an easy, fast paced read (even if I didn't like the case) but I wish there was more of Rufus, just because I like him more than Sam, and more romantic chemistry between the two. Everything still feels a bit surface level. While this series has been a tad disappointing so far, I'll read the next for sure to see how things are going for these two. 

Read if you like: 

• romantic suspense         

• opposites attract       

• hurt/comfort             

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