Review: Loved the action!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 6, 2014
This Year’s Black starts off with Ryder having to work a case of stolen funds for a department store with her one-night stand Devin. And let’s just say he wasn’t too happy she snuck out and avoided his attempts to contact her. Not only that but he feels responsible that an employee has been stealing from them. Seems like a pretty standard mystery with sexual tension storyline, right? Wrong! First of all, I was completely surprised how fast Ryder figured out who the thief was. But I later realized that it didn’t matter if they knew who it was because they weren’t going to apprehend the crook easily. And that’s where all the fun came from. Having Ryder and Devin forced to be together on this case was great. Their interactions were what made the book. It was basically like watching an episode of Castle and I love Castle so take that as a big compliment in case there was any doubt ;).The only downside to the book is that it was too short for me. It just flew by and I wanted the case to be stretched out more even though there is only so much chasing you can do in a book before it gets boring. Call me greedy but I wanted more…more wit…more tension…more mystery. I think I’ll just settle for picking up High-Heeled Wonder, the first book in the series that features Ryder’s brother, Ted. All in all, it was a good, fast read with great kick ass characters.