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A review by steph01924
Chaos Reigning by Jessie Mihalik
3.0
This series was a nice light diversion. After reading all three, I'd actually say they're fairly light on romance compared to what I would've expected. Like, yes, it's there, and some of the situations the characters are put in are pure romance contrived fun (oh, you'll have to pretend to be my boyfriend while we infiltrate this party for my protection) but the main characters actually keep the pining/ogling to a minimum (which, for the record, I don't mind because there's only so much "I got distracted by his rippling abs" that one person can stomach).
Much more focus is given to the technology and battle plans and the "how do we get out of this situation" minutiae that it may actually aggravate some romance readers. (I kinda found it...soothing? But there were definitely moments I was like, we are getting WAY too much play-by-play description of the hacking of this security system than is necessary.) After seeing in the author's profile that she was a computer science major and self-proclaimed nerd, this suddenly makes a lot more sense.
Another reason I feel it's lighter on the romance is because all three male leads are very stoic soldier/protector characters and while we learn the barest details of why they went on the run from the military, we learn literally nothing else about them over three books except they like to shoot things and fall in love with Von Hasenburg women. Like, honestly, do Alex and Cat ever have a conversation about anything personal besides her family and big secret? Do Aoife and Alex, supposed "siblings", ever even speak to each other beyond giving orders? It's all very situational focused exchanges. And since we never get a POV chapter from inside Alex/Ian/Loch's heads, they are the ultimate Mysterious Loner Dudes.
So, yay, you love all each other but...do you? DO you?
Much more focus is given to the technology and battle plans and the "how do we get out of this situation" minutiae that it may actually aggravate some romance readers. (I kinda found it...soothing? But there were definitely moments I was like, we are getting WAY too much play-by-play description of the hacking of this security system than is necessary.) After seeing in the author's profile that she was a computer science major and self-proclaimed nerd, this suddenly makes a lot more sense.
Another reason I feel it's lighter on the romance is because all three male leads are very stoic soldier/protector characters and while we learn the barest details of why they went on the run from the military, we learn literally nothing else about them over three books except they like to shoot things and fall in love with Von Hasenburg women. Like, honestly, do Alex and Cat ever have a conversation about anything personal besides her family and big secret? Do Aoife and Alex, supposed "siblings", ever even speak to each other beyond giving orders? It's all very situational focused exchanges. And since we never get a POV chapter from inside Alex/Ian/Loch's heads, they are the ultimate Mysterious Loner Dudes.
So, yay, you love all each other but...do you? DO you?