Review: Fantastic As Usual
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 18, 2014
Once again, Kristen Ashley has written a great love story, this time between Chace, a rugged, sexy cop working in a small town police department that is corrupt, and Faye, the sweet, innocent town librarian. Nice to see a heroine that doesn't have any angst, "unclaimed baggage" or hidden demons; Faye grew up in a nice family and has no ancient drama, in fact she is a little hilariously quirky and still a virgin at 29 (who would have thought that was possible!) who has had a secret crush on Chace for YEARS! We met Chace in Lady Luck, the previous book where he is married to the Skanky Misty, and has to deal with his corrupt, perverted father and sweet but mentally ill mother. We watch Faye and Chace fall in love and deal with the conniving folks that were behind his wife Misty's murder and see how they rescue a homeless and abused boy named Jeremiah. The middle of the book was a little slow, and sometimes I could do with a little less detail re decor and landscape, but what distinguishes Kristen Ashley's writing for me is the well developed characters, the way she lets the story evolve thru her characters, the sexy, sensuous love scenes that are not overdone and the INCREDIBLE romance between the hero/heroine.  I have come to expect that I will laugh, cry and cuss out the hero at some point in her books. If you miss the characters from previous books, don't worry, she continues to tell their stories in subsequent books so you can see how they're doing. While it helps to read the books in order, I like the fact that her books are long and stand alone; no cliff hangers and you will get your HEA at the end. As always, I look forward to reading the next book; I alternate between this series and Dream Man so now I'm off to read Law Man and then will come back and read Jagged. Great story!!!