Review: Wow!!!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 10, 2014
This is a really good series.  I read all 3 books over a 3 day period, because there was so much going on that I had to know what was going to happen next. Love Belvin is a very good storyteller, and I'm excited to see what she does next.Having said that, I feel like there was a LOT going on in this series and I'm left with more questions than answers. Why do both Syn and Amber seem to hate Rayna so much? There are people that I've met who I didn't care for, but these two seem to have so much animosity for Rayna, and there's no explanation for it. Why do we meet the detective who's launching this big investigation, but then rarely see him? What's up with that? Yazmine told Azmir that she had called to set up a meeting with Big D; what happened in that meeting? I feel like other storylines were started, but then forgotten about.Rayna got on my absolute last nerve in this book. I know she has issues, but at one point, she was beyond annoying. I was pissed at Azmir for the Dawn thing, but I really think that Rayna went overboard with that one. That Dawn was a piece of work, though. She was doing way too much. I'm pretty sure we'll be seeing her and her foolishness again in Book 4, because she really seems convinced that she is going to win Mr. Jacobs. I hope that Rayna remembers her project roots and deals with Dawn accordingly. Speaking of Rayna's roots, why is she so clueless about The Clan and Azmir's association with them? Why doesn't she suspect that they're drug dealers? And why didn't Azmir do a background investigation on her before asking her to move in? Especially when he knows how secretive she is about her past? (thanks BFF!)I still love me some Azmir Jacobs. Rayna really put him through it in this one, so we actually saw another side of him. We got to see his freaky side, too, and I do mean freaky, LOL. I didn't like the Tara or Dawn situations, because he should have known better and he should have handled both better, but hopefully, he's seen the light.While this book was good, it is probably my least favorite of the three. While I love a good sex scene (and Ms. Belvin is good at these!), it felt like Azmir and Rayna were having sex in every other scene; it was almost too much sex (I can't even believe I'm typing this!). I don't know if this was by design (since this is how they both expressed their love) or what, but it just felt like too much.I once again had to rate this book fewer stars than I'd like because there were so many silly errors that should have been caught before publishing ('Azmir asked me to play chest', 'I checked all the draws', etc., etc., etc.). Nothing kills my enjoyment more than these simple, avoidable errors. In addition, SO many big words were used that felt unnecessary and pretentious. I'll admit that I was unfamiliar with a lot of the words, and several times had to use the dictionary on my Kindle (a first!), and I'm no dummy. It felt like the author was trying too hard. The storyline is a good one, and the characters are very interesting, so all of that extra wasn't necessary, IMHO.After being engrossed in this series since Tuesday, I need to try to get my life back on track. Good job, Ms. Belvin! Hope you're hard at work on Book 4!