Review: Didn't think it could get any better....... And, then it did!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 15, 2014
I still have absolutely NO idea where this Pulp Friction—four series, twenty books, four different authors—is going but I can tell you that Laura Harner is keeping me on the edge of my seat. Here, in 'Controlled Burn', the author relays more of the background between Scott and Robby, especially Robby, and she has absolutely no shame in the bombs she drops that left me with eyes wide open and mouth hanging to the floor.Scott and Robby haven't spent any time together in the past eight weeks. Not since Scott saw the picture of the woman that Robby keeps next to his bed. And, yes, by the way, the author didn't just drop a couple of bombs here. She nuked the entire place and I was standing there watching everything go up in flames. And, no, I can't tell you, because it's a giant-sized spoiler. So there. Stop asking me.Even with all the interpersonal and emotional devastation going on at the main lodge of Mountain Shadows, there was still time to throw a little mystery into the works. The National Park Service, which Robby works for, loaned some antique Native American jewelry to the Flagstaff museum to use in an exhibit. Scott and Jillian discover a nefarious plot to replicate the jewelry and steal the real pieces. I'm telling you it is never boring at Mountain Shadows.I love, love, love this series and the entire Pulp Friction world. Please do yourself a favor and read the books in the order intended. Otherwise, in my honest opinion, you will miss a lot of the subtlety and nuances. But for now, Laura Harner had better hurry up on the next book, because, once again, she has left me with a huge cliffhanger, and I'm dying here. Just, slowly withering away…waiting…