Review: The More I Read, the Less I Liked the Characters and Storyline
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 09 27, 2012
Deadly R&R; started out promising but the characters took a slow downward dive into being annoying. The plot started out like it contained a really good mystery but would take a backseat repeatedly to things that did not enhance the plot. Made me feel  as if I were reading a contemporary romance about a nice girl without any convictions and who relies too much on daddy.I agree with another reviewer that the book lacked some focus. The writer did not do a good job with balancing the mystery and the romance. So both for me were rather lackluster. The romance felt more like puppy love.  The characters lacked focus too.They started out strong and independent but then became weak and ineffectual.  There were some parts were I desperately wished she would grow a spine and not rely on others. Shay and Tommy never seemed to progress with the book.For the first quarter of this book I was really into it and looking forward to the mystery. By midway point I was basically wondering where was all the mystery-got kind of dull. By 75% of the story I just did not care what happened to the characters and started to skim the book to say I finished.  Maybe not a bad book for others but unfortunately I did not care for it.