Review: Under the Hood
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 1, 2013
I both liked and disliked this one.  So I will break this out to what I liked and what I did not likeWhat I liked:I really, really liked TJ and Scott.  I liked that TJ was a kick ass mechanic and what she was trying to do making a refuge for troubled teens, trying to keep them from gangs and off drugs.  I liked how Scott came around and how involved he became in getting the program off the ground.  And up to that point with a few minor exceptions I thought the story rocked.  I stayed up way past my bedtime to finishWhat I did not like:At about 75% is where my dislike started.  At this point a "sordid" person from Scott's past makes an appearance, while I get why...I don't think it was necessary...it just seemed kinda gratuitous... I mean it's pretty obvious the sordid person has hooked up with the "real" bad guy (I am not a writer so I could be totally wrong...but the story would have worked fine without this person making an appearance).  There is tragedy, posturing, false accusations...TJ & Scott get their HEA and while we know "who done it"...that part is just left hanging..."they are just waiting for him to make a mistake and will be there when it happens".  I was sooooo disappointed.Now maybe I am just a little to blood-thirsty....but I want the bad guy caught and to "get his just desserts" I mean it can't really be an HEA if a part of the story is left unresolved right...now if this is going to be a series I can see leaving it where it ended...but for a stand alone/single book story to end like that really irritated me....It was like we had a well thought out story line for the majority of the book and then a rushed and incomplete ending.I would rate the first part as 4 stars and the second as 2 stars so it averages out to 3 star rating.