Review: Ok read if you like alpha males, military stories, and don't abhor unfinished rushed endings
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 25, 2014
This story had a lot of promise. I enjoy military stories and the concept of this book was so interesting! It started off pretty well too,  and you really got sucked right in. It got kind of weird in the middle though. There were too many plot lines going on and the characters started to feel flat, represented each by one or two character traits. In the end it sort of just all got so rushed and unfinished that I stopped reading and just skimmed until I was done. If it wasn't for the interesting story premise and the strong beginning, I would have given it a one or two stars. On the other hand, if she rewrote the ending, tying up the lose ends better, even with her flat characters, it would easily be rated a 4.If you're desperate and bored enough,  it's probably worth a read....spoilers...No seriously really big spoilers...As other posters have mentioned, there was several plot lines that were kind of just forgotten. The CIA backed of because they got married, and barely was ever mentioned again. The heroine's obsessed trafficking terrorist just was completely forgotten. The woman investigating the hero's harassment charges, served no purpose of existing. Unless you count proving that even the most successful independent women, really all want to be stay at home moms with alpha husbands, oh and they all need to be protected from themselves! I mean seriously, there was absolutely no other point in her not being a man (which was mentioned a lot in the book and highlighted) She didn't fall in love with the only single male character aka doc. She didn't better connect with the women of the story bringing much needed depth, and she didn't soften the hero's anti-women-working-especially-in-the-military views. No point, except for the one I mentioned. The heroine has no real past, no real depth of character, and  is totally unrealistic most of the time. And I have no idea why this took place in the middle east, there was no point, and nothing much about it was even mentioned.As for the hero, I have nothing to say. I'm sure he was much loved by most of the readers. Between twilight's heroes being so over protective  to the point of manipulating and stalking, and 50 shades of Grey's Alpha males, I've long lost hope for most  contemporary romances, that all seem to copy cat these personalities. I mean who else glorifies someone who manipulated (even with good attentions cough twilight cough) a woman into marrying him, tells them the real reason after and refuses to admit that any affection effected his choice.Not one single I love you from him the entire book and no I care for yous or anything else. Annoyingly I still give it 3 stars