Review: Disapointed
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 09 7, 2012
WARNING: Slight Spoilers in this Review.I really enjoyed "Crossing Borders" (I'd give it 4 stars.. I haven't reviewed it) and other books by Z.A. Maxfield.  I was excited to see another book by this author set in Orange County.  But I had a really hard time finishing this book. I got stalled in several locations, and almost didn't finish it.  I thought I might have trouble with the paranormal but I was happy to swallow that fiction.  I enjoy books about men who have been in the closet but are suddenly thrust out and I think she handles this reasonably well. Plus there are times the book is quite humorous.But the book desperately needs an editor, you would think a re-issue would give the author a chance to fix some of the simple things.  There were frequent missing words I kept stumbling over and a few times I felt I missed a whole paragraph or page.  Even after looking I can't figure out why Kevin suddenly didn't have a key to Connor's apartment at the climax.  He had a key for most of the book, and suddenly he is panicking because he can't get into the apartment. I went back to look twice.  And she twice mentioned one of my stumbling blocks with Crossing Borders, it is NOT ILLEGAL to bike/skateboard in CA without a helmet if you are a legal adult 18+.But the major reason I would stall would the be chapters where the "guys" started talking like teenage girls over analyzing their relationship in a way I've never seen except in books or bad T.V. Who on earth talks like that? And then we get to the location. I thought I would enjoy a book set practically in my backyard but instead it kept distracting me because I would stop and wonder, why did they take that route, or go to that restaurant or shop.  Most of the descriptions of route should be edited out.The ending was flat and not at all a surprise because it is completely obvious which character turns out to be the villain as soon as he shows up. But most troubling (SPOILER) I have a real problem with a book where one of the characters gets his hands tied up and almost blown up BUT who afterwards seems quite unaffected and continues to enjoy being tied up during sex.