Review: Lacklustre both in plot and characters
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 08 17, 2013
Jade mans the drive thru window at a coffee shop. Every day she anticipates "Officer Hottie" aka Officer Alex Kane's arrival. They've been flirting back and forth for months, but neither of them have acted upon their mutual attraction. Alex thinks her flirting is just part of the job. Jade's meddlesome co-worker decides to intervene and put Alex on the spot and ask Jade out on a date. The date goes extremely well aside from the weird encounter with a strange woman throwing Jade dirty looks in the movie theater. Who is the mysterious woman and why is Jade suddenly receiving prank calls?The story was relatively short, but t didn't feel rushed. The absence of the awkward getting to know each other phase and first date was welcome, and the characters got the sexual tension out of the way rather quickly. At least I did feel a familiarity between them that made the scene feel believable. The sex in this story was decent, but nothing I haven't read before. If you love cop fantasies, you'll probably enjoy this regardless.The cons for me in this story were:1) the age difference. Jade is nineteen and Alex is in his mid thirties. It's not illegal, but a cop wouldn't date such a young girl if he didn't want his department to frown upon it. Then again, if you look at this is a fantasy, who cares about the age difference? Besides, I'm assuming the author likes to write about controversial pairings, judging from some of this author's other titles.2) I love hot cop fantasies, but don't make the hero look and act like a complete tool.**Warning: Possible spoiler ahead**The biggest problem I had with this story was the fact that Alex did nothing about Jade's stalker. He knew his crazy ex fiance was behind the phone calls. For one MONTH. Then in an attempt to fix the problem, he said he would do something that would make him the laughing stock in the department - filing a restraining order against his ex (paraphrasing here). It's his job to serve and protect, so seeing his character being a coward was a huge disappointment.**End spoiler**