Review: The Only Mystery was the Main Characters Behaviors
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 3, 2012
In the Arms of Danger was an okay read, but the plot direction was obvious, the dialogue was a bit unnatural and stiff, and the characters' actions were baffling at times.Taylor has a high profile father who has recently received death threats.  In order to protect Taylor and her young daughter he hires a bodyguard. (To which she is furious because she wants independence???)  Turns out the man he hires is the same man she had a torrid love affair with in Bermuda 4 years ago- Cory (What a huge coincidence!). However their affair ended quickly due to a bundle of misunderstandings, misdirection, and deceptions (You get this early no spoiler). Now Taylor has put her and her daughter's lives in Cory's hands if they want to catch this madman.For me, I find it annoying when an entire plot concept is centered around miscommunication- where just the simple act of hashing something out with that person and getting to the truth will clear it all up. I was convinced that Taylor was a complete dough-head...especially when there are a billion clues that you might be mistaken...to think gee maybe I should talk about what happened in Bermuda.  Also annoying is the fact that Cory did not really act like a PI, FBI Agent, or Bodyguard.  With the exception of patrolling upon occasion I was not really convinced; his actions constantly belied that he was skilled. I don't want to be told he's capable, I want to be shown.  I think Meggie, the little girl, was the best and brightest of the bunch and had the most believable dialogue.Lastly the ending was completely rushed and their actions in the last 25% of the book did not make sense.  This was a huge disappointment because I guessed who the culprit was at about 50% through the book so I was at least hoping for an exciting conclusion.  Nope, didn't happen.  My three stars go out to little Meggie.