Review: Hate to give a bad review ... but I will
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 01 20, 2013
Cheesy...atrocius...godawful...  Three dollar words to say this book was bad, really bad and boorrring. This is, also, one of the many reasons I regret buying this books. Ms. Riley often threw in a three dollar word to say something simple. I waited for the third installment of the Brian and Caroline story. And I waited to purchase it because I could tell from the cover and the excerpt that it would be dreadful. Should have trusted my instinct. I hate the cover because the characters look too young to be in their thirties and the hat on the guy is just goofy. The excerpt tells the tale. Pretentious - Porthault sheets from Paris, a 3,000 dollar a night cottage(and yes she is crass enough to mention the cost) on Mackinac island. The story could have been a short free read to let the readers know about Caroline and Brian, Tracy and Jack. Instead it was a fiasco to introduce Ms. Riley next series about an international criminal agency. Not even remotely intersted in entering that world. I did say boring didn't I. When I say reading on the life of an amoeba could have given this book a run for its money. I'm not exaggerating the love scenes were boring. The interaction between Brickman and his crew was so over the top that he was a caricature and they were tstl. I didn't enjoy the scenes with Brian and Caroline becuase it only serve to emphasize how weak Brian's character development.So, Caroline and Brian are married and sooo in love. I know because Ms. Riley told me over and over again. Brian tearing up with joy watching his wife sleep, the one sided love scenes where Brian pleasured Caroline. That got me too I realized everything centered on Caroline -her safety, her needs, her wants- and Brian was as secondary as every other character in the book. Excepty Paragon aka Essence aka Cesare the next super beautiful, super capable heroine - oh by the way, she's only 20 and a super model/assasin. Whatever. I wish Ms. Riley had allowed Brian Keenan and Caroline Singleton-Keenan(yeah Caroline hyphenated) ride off into the sunset and allowed me the illusion that they lived happily ever after. This lets me know that one day Brian will wake up and realize he's the queen's favored subject not her husband.Mainly, I'm extremely disappointed because Ms. Riley is right. The readers of At Last did ask for this. Weelll not this drivel she churned out. But I did email her about K.K's story. Richard Pryor once said,"You order s***, you eat s***". I would spare others this indigestion.