A review by belindab
A Tainted Mind by Tamsen Schultz

2.0

Holy Mary Sue, Batman. Mary Poppins, I mean, Vivi DeMarco is a forensic psychologist, a facial reconstruction artist, an FBI consultant, a professor, a medical examiner and a Boston PD detective, plus she's beautiful and has an IQ north of 160. She's Practically Perfect In Every Way. Every male in the book is in awe/love with her (including the little kid and the dog) except for the gay guy, and he was in love with her brother just to keep it all in the family. The scale of the plot is a little ridiculous but the mechanics of it are pretty good. There's just WAY too much relationship rigmarole, and I say this as a long time romantic suspense reader. The relationship should heighten tensions and push the plot forward, not stagnate it every time things get interesting. If everything was cut by at least 1/3 (Vivi's accomplishments, the number of victims, the amount of relationship gushing, the number of Characters Who Will Appear In Future Books we had to meet) it would be a decent book.