Review: I Don't Know Where I'm Heading & I'm Loving Every Minute Of It
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 20, 2014
In a world a formulamatic self publishing erotica a reader comes to expect "the formula".  It's always there, you can look at your ereader or paperback and gauge by percentage or page number what should be happening next.  We all know it's true.  Around midway, 48% or so, there's the lead up to "the big sex scene. "  Depending on the author, this could last 4 or 5 pages and I once read an author who devoted 3 full chapters to sexy actions of the hero and heroine.  After reading Book 1 of The Assignment, maybe I'm naive, maybe the 1,000 or so books on my kindle have dumbed me down, but so far, there's no hero in this book.  There was a potential one but I guess I just need to see how this plays out.  Sahara Kelly penned a book in 2009 entitled Perfect Whore, interestingly enough in 5 years there is still only one review of that book....mine.  I could never understand that and now reading part one of The Assignment I find it fascinating that Lacey's psyche is very much the same as that of the heroine in Ms. Kelly's book.  I may be a card carrying member of AARP but I'm still a "girl's girl", I love strong women, I applaud when a woman thinks like a man and I know Lacey is one smart woman.  No need to send me the freebie for Part 2 as I've already just purchased the boxed set.  I am intrigued, and will most likely cramp up because I'm in for a long day of reading.  This book is professionally edited, some might think the pacing is a bit slow, but not me, every moment leading up to Lacey entering the private club has been brilliantly thought out and I'm crossing my fingers that this authors attention to details will award me with many "Ah Ha" moments that I am expecting.  Nothing irks me more than finishing a poorly written, barely edited formula romance and then I read gushing sycophantic 5 star reviews full of misspellings from people who don't know the difference between than and then, there and their and the most egregious misuse of the word Drug.  Kill me now, once an author uses the word " drug" as opposed to "dragged" they're immediately crossed off my list.  So if you are looking for a book that any simpleton can breeze through, predict by percentages and page numbers and allows you to read with only partial gray matter of your brain involved this is not the book for you.  If you are looking for a thought provoking, somewhat dark book, with a brilliant heroine, interesting an somewhat mysterious back up players and you're not sure where the next page will lead you, this book is for you.