Review: Could have been better indeed
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 29, 2013
THE BOOK WAS A KINDLE LOAN FROM A FRIEND.So to be very clear - I had certain biases when I started reading this book, but only in a sense that I was reading review before I read the book and knew that certain things may bother me. You can see that in a conversation I had with another three star reviewer here and I do agree with a lot of things in that review now. However, I received this book before I read the review and tried very hard to be fair to it. But take my review for what its worth to you of course.I actually thought that technical side of police procedure seemed very well researched - it was refreshing  that the cops have to do a lot of tedious stuff when they investigate the case - paperwork necessary and unnecessary, computer research in the office, etc. I liked that, even though sometimes it got to the point that it was a bit tedious and boring. But I still appreciated that our heroes were not chasing criminals in their cars all day long.I really liked Bec and Zach separately (well, I liked Zach  last 20% or so but more on that later). I thought they were likeable guys who took their jobs very seriously and cared for people who were important to them a lot.I wish, SO MUCH that I could like them more together, but unfortunately yes, I wanted more of emotional connection and that was just off to me. It was not a complete lack of chemistry for me, but it was not  a great chemistry either.And now I am getting to couple of things that bothered me  the most. What in the name was Bec doing back on duty? Was his psychiatrist the most incompetent one they could find? Was his superior not seeing that Bec should not have been allowed anywhere near active duty? All realism and believability flew out  of the window for me on that one.And just what was that stunt that Zach pulled out of his you know what closer to the end? Okay, stupid misunderstanding was bad enough - no, the attempt to explain did not work for me, but I could kind of stretch his reasoning a tiny bit, BUT why why he went there alone? WHY? Please do not tell me that a person who works for FBI and who is in their right mind, you know, not being Special Ops and all, as Bec says would go there alone?And villain was so one dimensional one.