Review: Love Tara but ehhh!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 31, 2014
Tara was bought from her mother at eight for a Russian who liked girls from 8-16.  Her mother had already pimped her out so a pedophile was a step up for her.  At 14 she becomes pregnant and was told the baby died of a seizure.  She became to old but was strikingly beautiful so he put her up as a prize for one of his more profitable off the books moneymaker.  He owned several successful casinos, but he ran an underground poker game.  Everyone showed up with a satchel with 100,000 dollars in cash and played poker.  The prize winner left with his stake and the services of the prize for a month.  Tara was a favorite for her beauty and her low self-worth that allowed them to do anything to her.The book stumbles when we are introduced to Lucco, who beats women up so bad that Kyle has to pay them off to shut them up.  He is former LAPD, whose wife is killed and he tanks his life.  The author should have done a better job of researching the drug trade and cops in general.  Kyle's competence at his job does not make his meltdown and inability to find information believable.  The fact that Tara would leave Sergio for someone who made her feel like a person is more believable, but Kyle is no prize and has let down about everyone who believed in him.  The Game get points for originality of the Game and for Tara, but the rest of the book is a real let down.