Review: Vice President............seriously???!!!!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 10, 2014
Nothing new or refreshing "plotwise" but I think I already said in a review referring to a previous installment that this series is mainly character driven.  Anyway, this book was about Sam's niece Brooke who seemed to be a difficult teenager and although she gave her parents mostly a difficult time she had her family's full support when facing he consequences of her irresponsible behavior. How nice! As already mentioned in other reviews (hence I'm not spoiling!) Brooke was gang raped. This horrible crime and everything connected and around it was dealt with very "consumer friendly". How nice! Of course Sam had to solve the crime, which she did very successfully and although one of her team members was injured seriously, he survived. How nice!Sam and Nick's relationship and their lives with Scotty moved on nicely and they are happily ever after. How nice! Sam's job seemed to be more of an issue for Nick than in the previous installments of the series. Now this was a very nice touch to the book, especially since the author focuses so heavily on her lead characters. I would have expected Marie Force to deliver a more intense "fight" within the couple regarding equal chances: Sam fought very hard to get where she is right now - Nick is given a very serious chance at a unique career step, which would have some very serious implications on her and her career.  However, the author chose to deal very trivially with this issue. How nice! In any case, I won't even go to the fact that Nick became the U.S. VP, because this surreal development really spoilt it for me.The problem with this series is definitely that the author's objective is to produce/ deliver adventures and suspense around the Cappuanos - as long as there is an audience out there to read her books. At least this is what she states in her epilogue. How nice!  Let me just put this in other words: the author doesn't have a clear concept regarding the "evolution" of this series. Hence, she can't really deliver up to her potential and she would always have to keep something back in order to have a competitive advantage, which would allow her to start a new installment - if there were a demand for a further installment. And so the series could go on and on.......how nice?!?Relaxing escape reading, which offers some carefree hours of reading pleasure.