Genre:
Romantic Suspense/Mystery/Speculative Fiction
Description:
“He was
only supposed to be a job. Why can't she walk away?
Colton
Davies, an ex-Marine turned cop, stumbles across a damsel in distress
while working the beat and rushes to her aid. Unbeknownst to him,
Kristen Trevelyan isn’t an old classmate who accidentally locked
her keys in the car, but a spy working for a classified agency. She’s
tasked with getting close to the police officer, but she never
anticipated how close they’d become.”
Author:
“Ellen
Mint adores the adorkable heroes who charm with their shy smiles and
heroines that pack a punch. She recently won the Top Ten Handmaid's
Challenge on Wattpad where hers was chosen by Margaret Atwood
herself. Along with her husband and black lab, she spends a lot of
time with her skeletons -- don't worry, they're just Halloween
props.”
Appraisal:
Basically,
this is a story of two broken people, in their thirties, looking for
love and acceptance, which neither think they deserve. Lies and pride
on both their parts get in the way of their relationship.
Ms. Mink
has developed a war torn culture in which to weave racism, betrayal,
espionage, intrigue, and romance. Then she throws in a large
threatening fantasy element. This aspect becomes the fundamental
storyline, which everything revolves around. Kristen feels like the
weight of saving the world lies solely on her shoulders. Colton feels
like it is his duty to try to protect Kristen, which is almost
laughable. But, Colton has issues with Kristen that he won’t let
rest. Colton spoke a little about being a Marine. However, towards
the end of the book Colton said he was in the Army. Now that I’m
getting picky I have to add a few other word oddities the author
chose to use. Noses were describes as; puckering, curling, crumple,
and crinkled inward. My nose can’t do any of those things. Also,
here a few sentences quoted that I came across:
“…her
lips began to crumble into what looked like tears.”
“That
didn’t stop the woman from cranking her ruby red lips wide in a
blinding smile.”
“Colton
whiffled his lips while falling back into the seat.”
“Colton
moaned while reverberating his forehead against the mirror.”
“Which
was probably why he’d been suckered to his couch for the past three
months.”
“Shrugging
with a small swagger on her lips…”
“…and
she smiled in her stomach.”
There is a
decent, multi-faceted story here, but it requires a thorough editing
job to polish up and remove the thesaurus puke.
FYI:
Undercover
Siren is book 1 in Ellen
Mint’s, Inquisition Series. This novel contains graphic sex scenes,
violence, and lots of gore.
Format/Typo
Issues:
Besides the
regular missing, extra, or wrong words, are the problems I listed
above in my review. The copy I received to review needs a good
editor.
Rating:
** Two Stars
Reviewed
by: ?wazithinkin
Approximate
word count: 160-165,000
words
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