Review: Hot mystery
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 9, 2012
This is probably going to sound weird, but I love Lanyon's sentences. The way they bind together so easily and the way they still keep surprising you. It's so delightful and witty - from the very first page of the book. This book made me chuckle and laugh so many times. One of the things I like about Lanyon's books is actually the fact that the story begins right away from the first page in full gear.The mystery part of Fair Game was very clever: there were so many possible suspects. I changed my mind about the murderer at least half a dozen times as the story proceeded! I also like the way some of Lanyon's books have titles with multiple meanings - just like Fair Game did.The chemistry between Elliot and Tucker was titillating and intense. I absolutely love how Lanyon's characters feel so real and imperfect in their actions. These guys weren't neither perfect nor one-dimensional for sure! I genuinely enjoyed the way they argued and the way their logic and squabble twisted and turned and held so many emotions in both sides. All the awkward moments between the main couple were so tangible it almost hurt! These guys fit together so badly that it was impossibly hot, annoying and totally enjoyable. It also was very interesting how in the beginning of the book it looked like that it was Elliot who had been dumped, but when the story continues we find out that both men had been pretty lost at the time of their separation. And the scapegoat Tucker proves to be a very emotional and endearing sweetheart.I did love the sex scenes in this book. The actual sex happens long after a fabulous kiss-in-the-car-scene and an ultra-passionate scene by/in the lake after Elliot gets shot. Those scenes, the extreme tension between the main couple and Elliot's memories about him and Tucker together worked like a sweet, long foreplay.