Review: Much Better - But even the kids have language issues!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 10, 2013
I have enjoyed the Burg series thus far, but this is the only one where I liked all the main characters.  Rocky and Layne have a past that she suddenly pulled away from with no explanation.  They are thrown together again (18 years down the road) when she decides to involve herself in an investigation that Layne feels is dangerous.  I like Rocky better than the other female characters in this series and Layne had the ability to speak in complete sentences, though he didn't always choose to do so.His sons were great and aside from missing most of their life, something that's hard to forgive, he ends up being a very good dad.  The kids cuss a lot but when the adults can't string a sentence together without the F word, I guess that's to be expected.  Like Layne and the kids, I thought Gabby made her bed and now must lie in it.  When you choose to be the kind of parent that kids feel is unapproachable either due to fear or the feeling they will be degraded, you lose.  I don't have any interest in her story.So far this is, imo, the best in the series due to improved sentence structure(every sentences is not a fragmented sentence..thank the heavens), more likable characters and even though the language is bad, I think it's a step up from the other books.I would go with 4.5 so I'll round to 5.