Review: Valiant effort, and I may try another novel by this author
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 28, 2014
I read the synopsis of this book by Devin Shane and loved the storyline scenario, but unfortunately I did not like much more than this once I got into the meat of this novel.  The exposition was poor, moving from past to present so swiftly it made my head spin. Seriously. I got lost and found myself re-reading previous pages to see if I could patch together the plot.  I spent way too much time doing that and finally didn't care to learn about the main couple and their killing habits. Weird backgrounds seem to be a necessary ingredient for stories these days, but the dialect used within this storyline was a bit off-putting.Married to Madness, seems to be copycatting other books and movies about married couples who appear to have everything grand life could offer, yet have dirty little secrets, which in this case aren't little since they are secretly vigilante killers.  As a reader, I began predicting the conclusion of several situations, which I don't like. I want to be surprised, especially when it's an espionage thriller. MTM does have a small twist, but nothing that jolted me as "unbelievably creative."The main characters, Brandon and Zack, are splendidly developed, so I give the author mega credit for that. There is nothing worse than reading a book in which we have to imagine physical characteristics. MTM not only fleshed out tall characters, it offered extensive back story on the leads to help us understand why they turned into killing machines.Grammatical errors were few, and this was a good effort.  Still I must rate it only as OK, and hope the author uses a structural editor next go round.