Review: A Pleasant, Quick Read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 18, 2011
Things I did like:The amount of info crammed into a very short story.  I'm not exactly why that date was chosen, but someone who knows could tell me.I liked the characters, the dialogue, the portrayal of the villain was good.Even though it stretched my belief, I do like the way the story flowed and there were some nice surprises.  The anxious moments passed quickly and the story connected the dots well.The romance aspect was awkward, but oddly, they were two awkward people so well Awkwards R' Us.Things I didn't like:The coincidence of the accidental H turning out to be someone who was an expert in the field he was in and knew about the villains (as such), him being such a crack shot also was a little too deus ex machina.The pace of the story was too fast, like someone telling you something and not stopping to take a breath.  It actually detracted from reading it and I put it down several times just to take MY breath.  Pauses, even for a paragraph, give the reader a chance to process.When the h realizes what has happened back at work, she literally doesn't even stop to assess, gather her bearings or even cry. Even when she's in a relatively safe place.  I found that jarred me out of the story.  Just a few minutes to cry or grieve would have been more believable, a moment of freak out would have been real--- but to instantly to go to retribution?Changing of POV in the middle of a paragraph "She admired his ____" "He admired her full lips."The Epilogue-- Odd and it didn't make sense.  Yes, I know it was something big, but it went right over my head.I probably won't re-read this, but I will read other books by the author.