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A review by shelbanuadh
Found by Annabella Michaels
1.0
So, first off, I discovered almost 1/3 of the way into this book that Hamilton’s Heroes is a spin-off of the Souls of Chicago series.... which I have not read. A mention of that in the foreword or blurb would have been nice. It didn’t affect my ability to follow the plot, but there are definitely some spoilers for books 3 & 6.
I did find that once we got to the point where Jeremy and Zane were together, there was too much sex and the plot was just stalled for a good chunk of the book. If you want to throw in a bunch of lacklustre sex scenes, fine... but don’t do it just to draw out the story.
My main issue with the story though is that Jeremy has been hired to track down Zane, and once he finds Zach/Zane he befriends him, pursues a romantic relationship with him and has sex with him for a good few weeks while hiding the fact that he is trying to determine is Zach and Zane are one in the same and bring him back to Chicago. And for weeks he’s sick with guilt about deceiving Zane, and of course the obvious happens with Zane discovering the truth before Jeremy gets around to telling Zane himself. And then he tried to say that he did it because he was following orders because that’s what military men do, but he was lying to his boss about his progress on the job, so I guess following orders only applies when convenient. And then Edith points out to Zane that while Jeremy lied, Zane lied to. All Zane “lied” about was his name, though I don’t think giving you assumed name that you’ve taken on to avoid your abusive past is quite the same as hiding the fact that you were hired to track someone down and while hiding that fact get involved with the person you suspect to be the man you’ve been hired to track down. Apples to oranges. And in the end, Zane’s like, I should be the one apologizing..... excuse me?!
And what’s with everyone assuming people want to be hugged by a complete stranger? I don’t even really want to shake someone’s hand when first meeting them, let alone have them try to squeeze the living daylights out of me.
To top it off, the writing was pretty boring, and I skimmed a lot of the second half of this... especially since so many parts of it are repetitive.
I won’t be continuing with this series, nor will I be reading Souls of Chicago.
I did find that once we got to the point where Jeremy and Zane were together, there was too much sex and the plot was just stalled for a good chunk of the book. If you want to throw in a bunch of lacklustre sex scenes, fine... but don’t do it just to draw out the story.
My main issue with the story though is that Jeremy has been hired to track down Zane, and once he finds Zach/Zane he befriends him, pursues a romantic relationship with him and has sex with him for a good few weeks while hiding the fact that he is trying to determine is Zach and Zane are one in the same and bring him back to Chicago. And for weeks he’s sick with guilt about deceiving Zane, and of course the obvious happens with Zane discovering the truth before Jeremy gets around to telling Zane himself. And then he tried to say that he did it because he was following orders because that’s what military men do, but he was lying to his boss about his progress on the job, so I guess following orders only applies when convenient. And then Edith points out to Zane that while Jeremy lied, Zane lied to. All Zane “lied” about was his name, though I don’t think giving you assumed name that you’ve taken on to avoid your abusive past is quite the same as hiding the fact that you were hired to track someone down and while hiding that fact get involved with the person you suspect to be the man you’ve been hired to track down. Apples to oranges. And in the end, Zane’s like, I should be the one apologizing..... excuse me?!
And what’s with everyone assuming people want to be hugged by a complete stranger? I don’t even really want to shake someone’s hand when first meeting them, let alone have them try to squeeze the living daylights out of me.
To top it off, the writing was pretty boring, and I skimmed a lot of the second half of this... especially since so many parts of it are repetitive.
I won’t be continuing with this series, nor will I be reading Souls of Chicago.