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A review by mewsie
Verraderlijke trouw by Iris Johansen
1.0
One of the leading drug lords in Columbia, Rico Chavez is a ruthless killer. Elena Kyler, a former Columbian rebel, has some information that she believes the DEA would really want about Chavez. However, before she would give this information over to DEA head she wanted safe passage into the US with new identities for her and her five-year old son Barry. This is because not only does Chavez want her dead, he is also Barry's father.
Brought into help extract Elena from Columbia, mercanary Sean Galen is more than willing to do what he is paid to do. However, after the DEA lead on the case is murdered by Chavez's men, it's up to Galen to protect Elena and her son. Because of Chavez's influence and money, just about anybody can turn out to be a traitor including DEA agents. And of course, in the process, a love affair blossoms between Elena and Galen amongst all the bloodshed.
Bah. I'm sorry. This book sucked. It's hard writing a simple review for it when I just want to write "don't waste your time" as my only sentence. Normally I really like Johansen's work. Ya, they're not complicated books and really fall under the category of "light summer reading," but that's what I was looking for after the "Bloated Epic:" a nice easy read. Instead I got...well...crap. The characters are shallow, there is just way too much detailed violence (a good author can describe the terror and suspense without resulting in gore), and the relationship between Elena and Galen is forced. I bought this as a used book for $2.50 but I don't even think it was worth that much.
Brought into help extract Elena from Columbia, mercanary Sean Galen is more than willing to do what he is paid to do. However, after the DEA lead on the case is murdered by Chavez's men, it's up to Galen to protect Elena and her son. Because of Chavez's influence and money, just about anybody can turn out to be a traitor including DEA agents. And of course, in the process, a love affair blossoms between Elena and Galen amongst all the bloodshed.
Bah. I'm sorry. This book sucked. It's hard writing a simple review for it when I just want to write "don't waste your time" as my only sentence. Normally I really like Johansen's work. Ya, they're not complicated books and really fall under the category of "light summer reading," but that's what I was looking for after the "Bloated Epic:" a nice easy read. Instead I got...well...crap. The characters are shallow, there is just way too much detailed violence (a good author can describe the terror and suspense without resulting in gore), and the relationship between Elena and Galen is forced. I bought this as a used book for $2.50 but I don't even think it was worth that much.