Review: Good finale to the series
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 29, 2014
The time has finally come where we get Michael’s story in The Agent and The Model by RJ Scott. We met him early on as a young teen in Ellery who was brutally attacked. He left town and has become a famous model in New York. Six years later, he’s coming back to Ellery to visit his Nan and somehow his agent Alex has decided to tag along. Alex is actually riding with Michael to see his close friend Jason and attend a big party, but instead of driving alone he manages to get Michael to drive him. It’s clear they had some kind of relationship in the past, but they are not on good terms. You can sense Alex is trying to break the ice but Michael is truly angry and clearly hurt.At first I wasn’t sure about Alex but I think the way he treats his dog makes me think he has to be a good guy. Either way Michael wants nothing to do with him and is downright nasty. As Michael tries to come to terms with his past attack, the walls he built to protect his heart from Alex and starting to crumble. There are a lot of hints early on something bad happened but it takes many pages in the book before we learn what. I think it was almost too many pages because I felt like I was in the dark about something very important to the characters that seriously affected their relationship.I enjoyed having all of the past characters in the story and all being together for Jason and Kieran’s party. Watching Avery and Travis warn Alex about hurting Michael was the best. Overall the story wasn’t as impactful as I was hoping; it just felt a bit rushed. Michael’s attack is solved, but was a bit anticlimactic. Michael and Alex’s relationship wraps up nicely but the story just felt incomplete especially since it is the last book of the series. It is definitely a must read for fans of the Ellery Mountain series. I’m sad to see the series come to an end.