Review: Romance or Thriller?
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 25, 2012
I liked the cover. But the hero never wore sunglasses and a tie.I liked the blurb. But he never got to the Caribbean.I liked the themes: aviation, drug gangs, weapons, federal agents, even the romance.The storyline was very appealing to me and I had no problem finishing the book, although at times it felt like a train wreck that you couldn't take your eyes off.The male characters were anything but strong: oh, they killed the bad guys, but in between they spent every waking moment discussing or thinking about their feelings. One guy actually wept in the middle of a gun-fight! (Never been in one, so I don't know if that is realistic, but it didn't help the story).And who talks to the local Sheriff to let them know that "if you need the law breaking, just let me know" (para-phrase)?  The prose in general was just too much. The police decide to look the other way while our heroes save the locality, even winking to subordinates as they do so. Yes, winking.). There is plenty of description about everything, even to the point of small pieces of commentary about the merits of Fox vs MSNBC, and organized religion.This book is 50/50 Romance/Thriller. Personally I prefer 10/90. Unless I'm buying a romance, which is not what I thought I was getting.I did finish it, but I would not recommend.c9cREVIEWS