Review: So hard to get through
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 07 11, 2012
(There are spoilers in here...but not the ending because I couldn't finish it) I like stories where the hero and the heroine get together early and then have to overcome obstacles together, vs. lack of communication keeping the friction from them getting together. So I liked the general shape if this plot. But I agree with the other 2-star reviewer that Callie is an awful character. She always bragging about how tough she is because of her upbringing and family, but she's constantly dizzy and falling into Risto's arms. Risto's okay, although a little "Fifty Shades" controlling there was a hint of a back story for him, but if it ever came out it wasn't in the first 80% and I couldn't finish it so couldn't tell you if its in the final 20%. I thought for sure it was 1,000 pages because I had to force myself to slog through it, but I just double checked and it says its only ~300. Plus this felt a little like this was 2 stories smushed together. The writing wasn't necessarily bad but the characters were either exceptionally weak or unrelatable.If you want a good supermodel + former military man now good-guy mercenary for hire, readWith No Remorseby Cindy Gerard.If you want to read a good "there's a madman after our (whoops) unborn baby" readConspiracy Game (GhostWalkers, Book 4)by Christine Feehan. Its a paranormal but one of my all time favorites.