Review: Typos and grammatical errors plus odd pacing and a relationship I didn't feel
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 11, 2014
I wanted to like the relationship and the story because I liked the characters.  Cashel, the big guy with the big heart, and Leo, the player who gets caught by love.  It's a good trope, and building it in the law enforcement environment could have worked well.But from the beginning, the story was off.  Picking a career partner as a rookie?  What is this, PE class?  Wouldn't rookies get paired with experienced officers?  And since when do officers choose partners like... um, PE class?The stereotypical closeted homophobe was overdone.  I dislike predictable overwrought messages in gay romance.  It's already gay romance, leave the soapbox at home.The typos were bad enough, but there were so many grammatical errors.  The author also falls victim to closeted homophones (your/you're, there/their, etc) and apparently spent a lot more on the cover than on editing.  It made the whole book feel extremely amateurish.And on top of it all, I just didn't feel the relationship.  It starts off cute, but then barriers fall too quickly, and both characters feel inconsistent.  The whole thing with Cashel's past and his family was overkill, and although I guess we're supposed to admire someone who supports his family no matter what, it feels more like martyrdom.  The whole "dominate me" theme didn't seem to fit with either character really.  The guys both seem to be OK with things like driving after drinking and letting drug dealers go free in return for "protection," which calls into question their dedication to the ideals of their positions.  There was a "good cop/bad cop" scene which felt unnecessary in the extreme and in started to see both characters as more power trippers than do gooders.So overall, not impressed.