Review: GLAD FOR NEW SHILOH WALKER ROMANTIC SUSPENSE MATERIAL... NOT SURE ABOUT BREAKING IT ALL UP
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 24, 2014
"…Dean supposed if he was smart, he wouldn’t still be chasing after her, hoping against hope that something inside her would soften, that he’d get an opening-that the interest he’d seen spark in her eyes once or twice would flare. Just a chance. That was all he needed.The slightest opening... "Break For Me is the second novella prequel (labeled on GR as #.06) in author Shiloh Walker’s new Secrets & Shadows series. Shiloh Walker chose to release three prequel novellas (Burn For Me, Break For Me, and Long For Me) before the release of the full length novel Deeper Than Need, expected to be released June 3rd, 2014. The novellas are all tied together and focus on siblings from the Bell family. Each of the siblings has different romantic journeys to take but all struggle with the mysterious disappearance of their mother years earlier. So a little romance and a little suspense! Each novella focuses on one sibling and while the romantic part of the story more or less concludes at the end of the book, the overall suspense portion of the story does not. The ongoing mystery about what happened to Nichole Bell, their mother, is continued throughout these books and readers should expect to have to read several books to get the complete story.I am not a fan of serial stories or cliffhanger endings. I find them many times unnecessary and a gimmick by authors to drive sales. So what in the world am I doing reading the Secrets & Shadows series, knowing that I’ll have to read several books to get the whole story? Shiloh Walker. I’m a fan. A big one. I love her romantic suspense books (The Ash Trilogy) and have been waiting for her to release new romantic suspense material forever. I’m going to wait until I’ve finished reading the series to decide if I thought breaking them up was necessary or not. I do think the current $2.99 price tag for 80 pages is a bit steep. Eventually, I'm guessing these will be bundled together in one book. That's just a guess! But for now, I’m all in!Break For Me focuses on Jensen Bell, a dedicated police officer who is haunted by her mother’s unexplained disappearance when she was just a child and Dean West, the District Attorney that wants her. Unfortunately, there just wasn’t a lot of room for development with the shorter length. The story could have been so much more with room to explore the relationship between Jensen and Dean. I did like the writing. I actually love Shiloh Walker’s writing style, how she puts her words together. The sexy bits were really steamy and well written. I liked Jensen and Dean together and appreciated that Jensen could be vulnerable with him. I definitely was left wanting more. And I’m guessing that’s the point… I'm interested to see where this series ends up. A solid 3.5 STAR and a desire to read more...Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for a honest review