Review: Basically worth the 3 bucks.  and some thoughts on censorship
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 27, 2014
It's an ok read and worth the price but has nothing particularly special to recommend it.  The characters weren't that engaging, the plot combines two plots used on every cop show on earth (dirty cops trying to kill important witness) and one used by every second romance novel (two people get snowed in together and come to love each other).  The pacing is good (I often have a issue with Roseau's pacing, but not in this book)  and there's some action and toward the end a rather clever twist.  There are some bits on wilderness survival that are interesting.  But I felt the romance aspect just didn't work for me.  No spark and sizzle.  No real reason why they should become romantically involved other than being stuck together.  Nothing that interesting about them personally.  It's been edited well, no particular typos or jarring grammer issues, no scenes that I felt would have been better off cut.  So more polished that some previous works but lacking in charm.Regarding the one star reviews, they both talk about the abuse thing.  This particular book has no BDSM, no dominant submissive relationship and no sex whatsoever.  There is no abuse at all.Warning people that Roseau is a white male is probably valid if true.  I can see how some might feel it's creepy.  And if they feel that way they shouldn't buy the book.  Personally I think it would be a sad world if only blacks can write about blacks, Jews about Jews, and so forth.  There'd be darn few books about sea otters according to that logic.  And none at all about little green guys from Mars.But the one stars went even further this time demanding that the author stop writing.  Its fair to say the book was tripe and it's a waste of money if that's how you feel.  One star all you want.  But to me, telling someone to shut up and stop writing is going too far.  If you're ok with that then you should be ok with fundamentaist Christians saying that all gays should shut up and never publish anything because they don't like what you're saying.  It might corrupt their kids after all and give them funny ideas like tolerance and free speech.