Review: Better
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 11, 2014
I'm still not sure how I feel about Samantha, she's growing on me though. This is the second installment of the series and the plot/mystery was good. The romance was all but nil this time around and both Harry and Doug are annoying. Doug is kind of creepy, imo and a cardboard character. Harry. Considering what we know of him - a man who beat his wife regularly- I'm offended by any insinuations he's being kept in the "suitor stable."I had trouble getting into this installment at first. Sam is deeper than ever in her pity party, but things picked up and once Maxie showed up things got interesting quickly. I liked it enough to go for the third book in the series - and that's saying something...most authors are unable to sustain what made the first book interesting. Evan Katy is getting better each book of the Samantha Rialto series IMHO.2/8/14 UPDATE: see review for third installment "A Violet March"