Review: Interesting story line, interesting characters, needs edition
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 1, 2012
After Lexie's mom and aunt died, she had no other family than her brother. Separated and sent to foster homes, she didn't know anything about him until she was sixteen and he rescued her from a very dark future.He was a soldier and a good man. He sent her to live with his kung fu teacher and his wife; who took care of her as their daughter.The story fast forwards 10 years, to his death. Then she starts her own journey to find his killer and have justice - or at least revenge. Here she meets her sparks sparring counterpart, Jake, who is in charge of the investigation.The rest of the story goes around solving the mystery, and escalating the romance.I liked the story a lot, but I have a bit of a bitter taste about it. The background story line is great and sadly very credible, the characters lovable, the romance sizzling. And because of that, the huge typos and coherence issues were like nails on a chalkboard.One big one: Columbia instead of Colombia. There is some difference between the USA district which contains the White House and the South American country; unless the author implies that the drug dealers are in Washington, which is probably a bit strong for US public.Another one: the name of the operation was sometimes Nina Traviesa, and others Nina Travieste. Not a big deal if you don't speak Spanish; but if you do, traviesa means naughty, while travieste sounds similar to travesti which refers to a man wearing women clothes.And there is lack of congruence in some important scenes. The first day Lexie meets Bella she talks about the big deal being a drug operation, and the next day she plays dumb. Like this one there are many. The love scene when the main characters are finally together is also difficult to believe given the background and the situation.In general terms, the book is worth reading. It just needs an editor with a big red pen.