Review: I Can't Get Enough
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 21, 2014
I seriously cannot get enough of JL Merrow's writing. I've read everything i could find that she's written. She's one of my must buys.I was ecstatic when i heard that Pressure Head was the beginning of a trilogy . So , naturally i pre-ordered Relief Valve the moment it showed up on amazon. Now, if you loved the first book then you will love the second book. It's perfect. It's perfection. It's perfecto. That's Spanish for perfect. Repetition is needed sometimes to reiterate how brilliant something is or was.We left off the last book with Tom Paretski and P.I. Phil Morrison in a relationship. They admitted their feelings for each and it was quite evident that Phil was extremely protective of Tom. Probably because of his accident that resulted in bad injury. Tom forgave Phil for his minor involvement with accident but i don't think Phil forgave himself and that comes out in this book. Phil is just as protective. Now , we learn that Phil's spouse died in accident but the two were separated. I think Phil felt guilt with that situation which brings in some perspective regarding the whole "ring" bit. But i was with Tom in wanting Phil to pull an Elsa and LET IT THE F*** GO ! (FROZEN REFERENCE. DISNEY IS ALWAYS RELEVANT) It creeped out Tom sometimes , which i can understand because the whole why are you still wearing a ring of a partner who died when you're in a new relationship? Don't pull that "it's for my job" bulls***. That ain't flyin' , playa.Phil isn't the only one who needs to work out his s***. Tom keeps in a lot of what he's feeling and thinking inside and to himself. That annoyed because i felt that he should have just come out with it and Phil and him could have it out. But it takes some time for things to thaw out and when it does things get pretty hot. THEY LOVE EACH OTHER AND IT'S ADORABLE.Tom gets a call from his barrister sister. Who is quite older than he is and it's evident that two aren't really close. In fact, Tom isn't  close with his siblings. Especially his elder brother who can f*** off. I didn't like him  and i stand by that dislike. Anyway--- his sister informs him that Auntie Lol (EPIC NAME) has passed and that she left him a will of sorts but he has to find it because she always believed in his gift and encouraged him to use it. When he does find it , it makes everything so much clearer. However , that doesn't happen until pretty far into the story. In between his little scavenger hunt, Tom meets his sister's fiance Greg. He and Phil are asked to investigate some threats made to Greg in the form of letters to which Greg burned. DUDE? SERIOUSLY? You don't watch crime shows? Don't burn evidence!  During an engagement party for Greg and Tom's sister , Tom's sister ends up getting poisoned and the mystery unfolds. It's a good mystery , i didn't figure it out until they almost revealed who it was. But i got it and yeah i enjoyed the mystery. I also enjoyed Phil and Tom. Immensely. I liked that we got to learn more about Phil but i hope the next installment allows more info on him. i want to know what's going on in his head a lot more now. It's so obvious how he feels for Tom and it melts my heart. Because love does that and it's romantic and i love romance.It's so good. Can't wait until the next book , which i believe comes out next year. *sigh* and so the wait begins.