Review: Definitely a grade A book
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 27, 2012
I really enjoyed reading the twists and turns of the plot in Montega's Mistress. It starts with Matteo appearing as a wounded escaped criminal brandishing a gun at Helen's doorstep, interrupting her work on her thesis. Despite his appearance, Helen takes care of him and saves his life. Helen, who is a beautiful, self-contained graduate student (also an heiress though she doesn't like that) can't help developing strong feelings for Matteo, a handsome, dedicated revolutionary of the Central American country, Puerto Linda. Matteo returns her feelings but feels he has to leave her forever...for her own good, of course. How Helen becomes involved in the revolution makes for exciting reading as her relationship with Matteo grows and deepens. Naturally, everything works out in the end but reading about how they get there is lots of fun.Both Matteo and Helen have three-dimensional personalities but some of the minor characters were not done as well. The dialogue is well-written and authentic; it really moves the plot along nicely. The imagery is extremely well done; when Matteo and Helen are in the jungle is especially vivid and realistic.This is a really good adventure story/romance and I would certainly recommend it to my friends who like this genre.