Review: A bit disappointed
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 25, 2014
There are so many good summaries out there that I won't bother you with one more.  In any case, the plot kept what the blurb promised: there was a love story and there was a suspense part. I know that many suspense romance readers won't agree with my approach to separate those from each other.  Basically I agree and believe me, it's the first time I do that when reviewing. However, in this case this was necessary, especially when taking into consideration that these two parts did neither blend with each other nor complement each other to create a smooth and rewarding outcome.The romance between Libby and Mark was OK - nothing special like in Adam's and Kelsey's case (previous installment of the series), which definitely set the standard against which I'm going to judge any further installment of the series. Libby was depicted as a young and inexperienced woman, a fact which was clearly reflected in her behavior and attitude, which sometimes gave me a really hard time.  Mark had more life experience, his bearing and mannerism more mature. However, I was very disappointed to discover that both of them were sexually inexperienced and that they advocated against premarital sex.  Nothing against this point of view but I just thought that this idea didn't round off the romance part. Maybe because this thread wasn't harmonically enough presented and seemed therefore out of context?I appreciated the glimpse into Adam's and Kelsey's life. It was also very interesting to see that Mark had his difficulties with Adam's "management style". These "boss - employee difficulties" let the heroes appear very real life and I considered this a very nice touch.Now the suspense part of the book was very disappointing. I considered this part of the plot not plausible. I know, this is a book of fiction and therefore there is no need to be realistic.  True. However, no matter how (un)realistic the storyline, it has to  be elaborated properly, the result or general impression has to be harmonic. I didn't think this was the case in this book and was therefore really disappointed when I closed the book.