Review: Disappointed
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 11 25, 2012
I am a big fan of Ms. Ashley's stories, and I reallllly like the Burg series.. (Cal and Vi's story, wonderful in At Peace and in particular was richly woven..) But this one was a DUD, except for the teen love story of Fin and Reese-- Beautifully done! But I found this book very tedious.Mike was not particularly interesting and pretty damn negative, and I found Dusty pretentious and annoying. Mike's way of speaking was so crap I needed a translator half the time Cursing does NOT bother me, but when I cannot understand what our Hero is trying to communicate most of the time, then it is a Problem. (yeah, Mr.Tough Guy-- oh save me Mitch Lawson and Tate Jackson from this guy!) and Dusty's favorite words were "Cool!" "Awesome" and the best when first meeting Mike's kids: "I'm into your Dad" You must be kidding. Ugh. It was ridiculous. And I liked Sylvie in Creed and even Hawk, so don't get me wrong-- I like KA alpha characters, but here I was NOT drawn in, it didn't feel real.The emotional complexity was lacking for me in this one, the bedroom was not so hot, only in a rather superficial way, and I've read almost all of KA's books. I had to force myself to keep plowing thru this one, and yeah, I'm glad I did because of Fin and Reese. ONLY. Well, that and seeing Vi and Cal again. Sorry!