cassiecollins 's review for:

Retaliation by C.J. Cooke

2.0

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Same old book, different coat of paint. Same overpowered protagonist, same doting "mates", same cartoonishly evil villains, same problems being solved with relative ease and/or a Frannie ex machina. I do think the guys' dynamic was the best of the series so far, but that's about it. At this point there's just so much going on and so many characters it's getting hard to keep track (including for the author, apparently, since a few characters have name and appearance changes in this one).