A review by fictionmajorette
The Bribe by Devney Perry, Willa Nash

adventurous emotional lighthearted tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

https://fictionmajorette.blogspot.com/2021/02/romance-wrap-up-2121-21521.html 


This is a romantic suspense that was a little too light on the romance and the suspense for my personal tastes.  Duke and Lucy fall for each other pretty quickly and immediately start officially and publicly dating.  It was a bit too insta-love for my tastes and I didn't get a good idea of what they actually saw in each other besides their chemistry.  I did really like the amount of cute date scenes we got and Duke is just a real solid good guy that is doing his best to protect his town.  I think if we would have gotten a bit more relationship lead up in the beginning before they fell into bed together then I would have been happier.  Also, the outside threat never really felt like a real threat until it was suddenly at the front door.  Once the threat was right in their face, I really liked the way everything was resolved and came together in the end.  The investigation wasn't picking up any clues or leads so it really felt like it wasn't a real issue so I think more tension could have been built up if there were breadcrumbs that the characters could pick up on that the threat was closer than they were expecting.  I really loved Lucy's friend Everly and their relationship and I'm excited that she's the heroine in the second book.

 
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