Review: Another dark, erotic descriptive wild ride = wild read!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 28, 2012
This second book in the 'Gringa' series is more sex, drugs, Mexican mobsters and mayhem (wrapped up in, as another reviewer noted for 'Gringa - Vol. #1', a dark Beauty and the Beast tale). The start was a littler slower for me, but wow what a payoff. I was decidedly more emotionally involved and got teary as the author revealed more background and more depth around the character of Diablo/Diago. This book also had a sexy Pygmalion makeover, that was tender and sweet. It was another sexy, fast, very visual wild read. Still loving the pacing, characters/characterization, especially the heroine, Payton. There were a couple of moments involving the FBI where it was harder to suspend disbelief, and a a few typos (not uncommon in Indie published serial fiction) but it didn't really matter. I loved the romance that was added to the fast-paced story. I seriously LOLed at certain things that Payton did, said or thought. This book, as violent and dark as it is, is seriously FUNNY in parts. More dynamic action, seamy, often entirely hilarious, situations. Like before, I love pulp fiction/serial fiction. I don't t mind that the book isn't longer. I prefer to finish what I start and there are too many boring, overly long Kindle books. 'Gringa, Vol. #2' was a steamy, spicy, dark racy guilty pleasure. I was turned on by the sweet yet sexy evolving romance between Payton and Diago (yet can relate to Payton's difficulty in letting go of Austin, a weak man from the past). I'm definitely buyingGringa - In the Clutches of a Ruthless Drug-Lord Book 3 (Gringa Series). NOTE: As another reviewer wrote, this book is not for prissy, squeamish, or faint of mind or heart readers--it's a profanity-laced romp with rape, physical abuse, issues of domination and submission, and family issues as well as rampant drug use, violence and brutality. I loved it!