Genre: Crime/Suspense/Romance
Description:
“Cops and deer. Her mama always told people Raina could sense them
before she saw them. So the day she left home for a quick trip into town and
sensed a cop ahead, she wasn't surprised to see one working a traffic stop. But
never in her wildest dreams could she sense that traffic stop would turn into
her own personal nightmare.
Attempting to save the life of a defenseless deputy, Raina nearly lost
her own in a short but brutal attack. As she recuperates, the life she knew and
loved is systematically being taken away from her by those she thwarted. Now
she must dig deep inside herself for the courage to not only survive but to
forge a new life in case she did.
Assigned to her case, Detective Channion Scott had a solid reputation
for solving crimes. When he soon turned into her personal bodyguard, he
wondered how was he to solve his attraction to the courageous woman who'd
risked her life to save another's?”
Author:
An avid traveler, Jordan Standridge has worked in a variety of jobs,
from sales, to being a police and fire dispatcher, and a manager. This is her
second book, the other book being the first in this series.
Appraisal:
I think it is fair to say that I’m having a lot of conflicting
feelings about how to review this book. The story at a high level is a good
one. I love the characters. As the name of the series indicates, the
protagonist is a strong and courageous woman who you can’t help but like and
pull for her to get through these challenges. I enjoyed the different story
threads and how they all fit together.
However, there are aspects of the author’s approach to writing that I
found problematic. The book is a lot longer than it probably needs or should be
because the story had a tendency to go down a rabbit hole. As a reader we would
get a brain dump of what was going through one of the main character’s minds at
a certain point, not unreasonable except the tendency to go into way too much
detail was there. Then we’d get the same for what a more obscure character was
thinking, which isn’t normal. The way it was done often had me thinking about
the old writer’s adage to “show, don’t tell.” It felt like the reader was
getting both shown and then told and told and told. At times the story took
turns that stretched credibility, but I managed to get past those instances,
and the reader was sometimes told things that I didn’t think were needed to
understand the story and didn’t add anything to it, just bogging it down. I
imagine some readers wouldn’t notice or take issue with the things that
bothered me. If you think you’re one of those readers, the book has a lot of
good points, so give it a try.
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Format/Typo
Issues:
No significant issues
Rating: ***
Three Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate word count: 145-150,000 words
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