Review: A Fun Romp
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 10, 2011
The author has a hit with the main character, Hadrian Prior.  A Brit with uncanny insight into the deviant mind, he is a visiting professor at a college in the Midwest.  There he becomes involved in the investigation of a series of bizarre crimes on campus involving a mythological quest that increase in brutality.  He becomes involved with the beautiful but troubled professor Sarah Roth.  Sarah is plagued by mysterious and violent dreams kand haunted by  her distant mother and a forgotten trauma.  As Hadrian and Sarah fight their inevitable attraction, the mysteries are resolved.I like this book.  It is fast paced and I enjoyed the mythological aspects.  Hadrian is a solid hero,troubled, intellignet and of course, hot.  Sarah is less compelling, the standard beautiful  blah heroine who of course is  a total goody goody.  I really could have lived without the romance portion of this book. I hope as this author grows in confidence, s/he willlet the suspense stand on its own.  The bodice ripping and sex scenes were just bad romance novel.  How refreshing it would be to have people who were just friends instead of sex fiends.  Suspension of belief is required particuarly as to how Hadrian solves the Sarah mystery.  The other characters are overbroad kland unbelivable, especially Becca the would be report and Trammel the angry professor.  The police are after thoughts and there really are too many non-essential characters. I did identify the bad  guy early on but the story line was interesting enough to read til the end.Despite the flaws this is a fun romp and the price can't be beat.