Review: Not Much Sting
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 27, 2012
The Sting of the Scorpio picks up where Scorpio Rising leaves off - right after Alex Ivanov a rising architect and Brigitte Dartois a talented artist marry to stave off her stepfather trying to claim parental rights over her son David. He is the father - he raped Brigitte repeatedly when she was a teenager - but now he just wants money. So they marry, run off to America and ..... never hear from him again? Really? So begins the second half of this tale - on Alex's side his little fling produces a son but when the mother realizes who Alex is does she approach him for support? No. That would make sense and nothing much in this second book makes sense.And it is a shame because Ms. Domovitch does have a way with words. In spite of constantly shaking my head I still wanted to finish the book. I can't explain this dichotomy because the actions of the characters were just weird. I don't want to go ruining all manner of plot points to explain but the two mentioned in my first paragraph are sufficient I would think.It is a short book but there is a LOT of action and it all comes together at the end. In fact, most of the story wraps up in 6 pages with an epilogue. I can't say it was a satisfying way to say goodbye to these crazy characters.