Review: Somewhere between 2.5  and 3 stars
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 11, 2013
This book had a lot of potential to be worthy of 4 or 5 stars, but because of its poor execution, it fell flat.  I struggled through the first half, but stuck it out because lately I have been starting a lot of really bad books that I end up putting down after a few chapters and I didn't want to quit on yet another one.  I am glad I stuck it out because the story did pick up a lot towards the end, however there are some key points I would like to the author to take note of, so that she can improve on her writing in the future:;1. Please, please, PLEASE do not have your characters sleep together in the first chapter of the book.  This almost ruined the entire story for me, especially since they met under the circumstances of her just being hit by her boyfriend and breaking up with him less than an hour before said sex scene.  The whole scenerio was very unrealistic and quite frankly made the heroine look like a cheap slut with no common sense. It took me more than half the book to get past how they got together.2. The first 60% of the book dragged. The mystery was not introduced until more than halfway through the book.  After that, The Fighter's Block became a real page turner. It would have been nice if that suspense element had been present throughout.3. There was a lot of story buildup about Dani and Van's family members, but not much follow up.  It would have completed the story if all of the characters somehow tied into the ending and the open ended questions were answered. Instead we were left with a lot of questions.4. The murderer.  I agree with the other reviewers who said they would not have guessed who the murderer was, but that is because I can only remember his name being mentioned once in the whole book.  It appeared like he was written in at the very end just to make someone the murderer. He had absolutely nothing to do with the story.Overall, I thought this book was good but could have been better.