Review: The story line was brilliantly original
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 27, 2013
Gorgeous cover! Really have to give a shout out for the cover. Not only gorgeous but made perfect sense for the story line. Sometimes I see covers and though they may be stunning, I don't get what they have to do with the actual story. This time..spot on! Kudos to the author and L.J Anderson of Mayhem Cover Creations.The story line was brilliantly original, a very unique quality in that our protagonists were computer hacking geniuses, just as the premise states, but...so genius are they that they invent the craziest and most amazing little contraptions that you could ever imagine.Things like rigging their homes and cars on command by the sound of their voices, creating computer chips at the drop of a hat, and implanting them in themselves and others. And what drives them is the challenge to create, to out do one another in their own little world of hacking geniuses. And sometimes create things for the good of humanity. To stop a hurt or injustice that was done.With that said...I had the hardest time writing this review let alone offering a rating. I flip flopped between 3 and 4 stars, finally settling on 3 1/2 stars.Here's my dilemma...The story was very well written, the prose had an amazing flow, and the characters were likable and engaging. The story line was very good, very original. What I didn't particularly care for was the amount of sex the lead characters were engaging in. Every time they were together, they were having sex, really dirty sex too. Their entire relationship was based upon sex and the sex they were having was not always appropriate to the story line for the most part. It did not drive the plot. Don't get me wrong, I am definitely a fan of smexy times, and totally got how intense they were for each other, but when I am reading a really good story line, that is constantly interrupted with sex, it's disappointing. I felt it actually took away from the story on a whole and found myself skimming through the scenes more and more as the book went on, which I rarely do.The author could have given us so much more about these two because they really were interesting characters. I wanted to know so much more about them, especially Dena. These issues are why I only gave the story a 3 1/2 rating. The story line if the author chose to pursue and develop more of the story as opposed to the sex, was definitely a potential 5 star rating, as the basis for the plot was excellent.Sounds like I didn't like the story? Not all, I absolutely loved the characters and the plot.Really such a good plot with twists and turns. I really did like the story and Chanse Lowell is an author I will keep my eye on for future stories.Definitely worth the read but fair warning on the diminishing and unnecessary sex that took over the story line.Rating: 3 1/2 stars