Review: Not my cup of tea, but might appeal to you
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 2, 2014
I had a hard time with this series.  It was like the Perils of Pauline in that something like a soap opera plot was always happening to Nina.  She meets Tristan Stone at the art gallery she is serving cocktail weiners to wannabe art patrons.  Little does she know that Tristan Stone is there to meet her and it is all about the mysterious murder of her Dad.  I liked Nina, but come on...no one is that naive.  Tristan was a wealthy party boy putting coke up his nose before his family's death in a plane crash and that is his default when things get rough.  He never asks what Nina wants, he just decides for both of them and is usually wrong.  He also never comes clean with her and always has another secret even though he swears he has told her everything and she keeps taking him back.I know a lot of you hate these reviews, but what looks so romantic with the tortured hero on paper is not the kind of thing you want in your life.  Anyone who defaults to drugs has demons he refuses to deal with.  Being stoned out of your mind for months while someone worries about whether you are still alive or still care for them is an unnecessary torture.  I like Nina because she is warm and caring, but I wish she would grow up.  I could not get close to Tristen, because he was so closed off and had more problems than most women would take on.  This was not my kind of series, but all three books are included and it might be your idea of a good read.