Review: The romance is the main focus for most of the book. *** Spoilers***
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 31, 2014
I've liked the romantic aspect of the story but I find that Ceci's searching of the truth  about her father's mystery death was set aside to give too much space to the love element.I have no problem with the romance but if this is labeled as a romantic suspense book I want to see a good balance between those two aspects. Maybe the fact you're reading a serial novel doesn't help.Then we have Bentley. I like and I don't like him.I find him hot, sexy and charming but sometimes he is so immature and the fact he doesn't take seriously his job is stupid and dangerous. I know he didn't want to do what he's doing but now that he's in he need to be careful.He doesn't call "Casey"'s professor back to verify Ceci gave him correct references. We know Ceci's not a danger if not for his heart but for what he might know she could be.So it's Bentley to be more an adolescent here.Ceci wants to uncover the mystery of her father's murder and is willing to do anything to achieve this purpose. And here Bentley's laziness comes in handy because if he'd been scrupulous and attentive her cover'd have been exposed immediately and then what about the rest of the story?I'm happy she's still in high school because when Bentley will find out it will bring more angst in the story but then only her adolescent side and the fictional world she lives in could make her plan work.I like she' s relentless and reckless but she's watched too many crime and detective tv-shows and watching doesn't mean you can be a detective in real life. Ceci believes this and I don't wannabe the one to make her air bubble bust.To be honest the story is well written, you can breathe the sexual tension between Bentley and Ceci and I repeat the romance is great, not so the mystery to unfold. And if Ceci's memories about a fight her parents had before her dad's death  the mystery is already solved and she has only to find out the details bur what the point? Is she going to confront her father's assassin? Hand him over to the police? And why her mother lied to the detective when she claimed she didn't know who her husband owed money to when Ceci remembers her father named a certain Ramiro while talking to her mother during the fight they had she has remembrance of?There are some unclear points and maybe I've all it wrong and will be caught by surprise in the next installment.In conclusion, some things I liked and others regarding mostly the suspense part I didn't but overall it was a sexy enjoyable read.