Review: Twisted, dark, nutty but just fantastic! Love it.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 24, 2013
This is one fascinating read. There is a similar theme to Alexander Fyn's Angel and the Assassin series but Chance Assassin is definitely better written, much deeper and darker and more fascinating. It is definitely not for readers with morals and who abhor violence! Think Bonnie and Clyde or a Quentin Tarantino's film with an obsessive gay love story!I love Vincent and Frank even if they are easily what you would classified as socially bad. Frank is the perfect anti hero, dark, enigmatic, alluring, cold, psychotic with his eccentricities. Vincent is cute and endearing even if he is just as cold blooded and deadly. These two are what we called sociopaths, twisted, even nutty but oh so fascinating and perfect in their amorality. Their love for each other is to die for and theirs alone. Their bond is fiercely obsessive, dark, disturbing, sexy, at times kinky in a sick way but at the end so compelling. I love Vincent's totally absorbing narration which is one entertaining discovery from page 1. This writer has her own unique style and way with words. The plot is all about Vincent and Frank as assassins and their obsessive love. These guys are bad, assassins without remorse or conscious who get the job done because they are paid to do it, no matter the consequence or if the victim deserves to die or not. I enjoy their story immensely and the underlying immorality does not bother me.The story is fascinating until the last 15% or so where I have some little niggles. Frank is revealed as to be not as bad as we think. He is still a perfect cold blooded murderer but he does have a soft side too. Does that make him less frightening? Maybe it is the writer's way of giving Frank some redeeming qualities? The introduction of two secondary characters from Frank's past somehow soften the story which I do not favor. I just want the story to be "bad" and tough throughout. There is no need to bring some "heart" into it. Still these little niggles by no means dampen my love of the story. And I do like how Charlie, a totally obnoxious character, is treated towards the end. Then there is the ending. As a MM romance fan I love how it ended for these guys and as a fan of these two I love that it is not the end. However for their story to be perfect, Frank and Vincent should have gone out in a blaze of glory. No I am just kidding because I love these guys too much for their story to end! Bravo Nicole Castle and I look forward to much more from you, definitely more Vincent and Frank, please! And for a lenghty 6500+ locations in kindle, this is so very worth it!