Review: could have been great but was disappointing
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 1, 2014
*Spoiler Alerts*This is one of those books that I'm torn over for a review.  The author has a style of writing that really pulled me in and I really enjoyed the setting, most of the characters, and the action and suspense.  But one thing that really bugged me is the whole reason for the heroine, Mariah, to start lying to the hero about who he was really wasn't that believable.  She's supposed to be a basically good person so her actions aren't really justified by the author in that aspect other than to conclude that Mariah is not only naive but really really stupid.  The fact she doesn't come clean when she realizes she's putting the hero in danger only reinforces that fact.  And the author could have had her confess without too much alteration to the rest of the story because the later plot turns with the heroine being grabbed still would have happened.So basically while I really enjoyed everything else in the story, the heroine's initial lies and even the lengths she goes to in order to continue the deception really ruins it. The connection the couple is supposed to have does not ring true and the all to convenient happy ending loses all credibility.