A review by sundayswithsage
Dirty Empire by Nina West

dark lighthearted tense fast-paced

2.5

The most annoying in the series. Revolves around Mercy being badgered by an FBI agent to snitch on Gabriel. You'd think that a simple, "I won't talk to you without a lawyer," would suffice, but Mercy never says those words, so we have to listen to her whiny inner conflict for ages. While logically it makes sense to have this conflict, it drags on longer than necessary, especially considering she should already know to not saying anything to the feds. First rule of having a criminal boyfriend is to not say anything to anyone, and she clearly knows he's a criminal, even if she doesn't know the full extent. Honestly, a general rule for everyone is to not talk to law enforcement without a lawyer, regardless of if you've broken any laws. It's just good practice, to protect yourself from becoming entrenched in something you want no parts of.

Also, being shocked by your criminal boyfriend engaging in criminal activity can only happen so many times before you just sound stupid, and Mercy is toeing that line hard.