Review: Conflicted
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 22, 2012
Review for FIFTH AVENUE:The book started off right in the middle of action.  You have the rich hotel family, a bombing, the "black sheep" of the family being stalked in a park, and a wealthy enemy who talks of taking everyone out.  Sounds great and was enough to keep my interest through the entire book, but there were moments when it seemed everyone in the book wanted someone dead; giving it a bit of the over-the-top feel.Warning: there was a sexual scene in the book that had me seriously debating whether to continue reading or not.  It wasn't your typical sex scene, but with this scene and another later on the book, it was of a homosexual nature.  (And I don't judge anyone.)  But the graphic depiction of a woman walking around with a dildo between her legs was a little too much.And, while I don't have a problem with sex in the books I read, the initial sexual scene seemed random.  It does take on meaning later on, but I would have preferred it to have been scaled back.At 25% through, there was a major formatting issue.  I turned the page ready to read the next chapter and it was the beginning of the book again with the opening title and scene.  Good news, is it got back on track a few pages over.  But, did the author not read the Kindle version through before publishing?Like, I said, though, despite the issues noted above, the book had me coming back until I finished.I haven't yet read RUNNING OF THE BULLS or FROM MANHATTAN WITH LOVE but wanted to post my review of the first book in the boxed set.  I'm not sure if/when I'll return for the other 2 books that were included.