Review: Well written light crime drama with an unnecessary splash of romance added
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 8, 2013
This was  surprisingly well written.  I wasn't going to give it a try because it's billed as romance, which I hate. I would have liked it better without that aspect. But, really, these days you can't find anything without a dose of romance added. However out of place it is in a story, editors insist that the hero MUST have a kick-butt (or genius) female sidekick, and they MUST fall into bed together at some point.  Apparently it's a rule in literature that a man and a woman can't be professionals and work together in mutual respect. Since the reviews focused on the plot and were all positive, I gave it a chance and found that the book is more about the plot than the romance, and the... "romantic moments" aren't drawn out and overdone. Also, the author knows how to spell and conjugate verbs. Unusual on Amazon these days. I might even try one of the author's other books. The romance genre has traditionally been a refuge for amateur writers -- a refuge this writer doesn't really need.  I think it's time for her to put the training wheels aside and take her place over in the crime drama world.