yeah...after two of her books, I think it is fair to say that Sandrine Gasq-Dion is just not the author for me. I found this book incredibly sophomoric. Putting aside the fact that Mark's reaction to being kidnapped and raped for three months seem highly unlikely, I just found the repetitiveness of the writing to be downright annoying. I may not have a photographic memory, but I also am perfectly able to retain info from one scene to another. I lost count of how many time that we were told that Mark was held captive for three months and raped. In almost the same wording every time. Or that Josh was a straight dude who never fancied dick. Over. And over. And over again. I was kinda hoping someone would shoot someone just to put an end to it all. And while I am glad Mark decided to go to a therapist. I honestly don't see any real change to his character at all. Because he never really acted like it affected him at all. Also I can maybe buy that Mateo and Mark used to be foster brothers. Or I could maybe buy that Mark's ex was one shady fucker. Or I could buy that Mark bumps into Sabine. But all three of them happening? No, not really.You just have to suspend every shred of reality for this book to make any sense at all. And that is not even throwing in the shifters at the end. I ran out of patience nearly a quarter of the way thru, and so the rest of it just seemed at best highly unlikely, and at worse incredibly forced and cliché.And for fucks sake, if the assassin tells you to hide in the fucking basement till he gives the all clear, don't just run out in the open, with no weapon or thought to how you are endangering everyone else, unless you are perfectly happy being shot dead. Then there is the fact that pov would change on you in the middle of the scene (with three or even four povs) with hardly a care to signalling who the fuck we are reading now.So basically to sum up this book:Mark--To Stupid To LiveThe Plot--To Cliiché To StandThe Narration--To Fucked To Even BotherThe Stars--To Low To Count Another book that I’m not sure why I had on the back burner for so long. I loved the first book and this one was just as good! Not as action-packed, but sweet, sexy, and a GFY (a huge plus in my book!) Mark and Josh are a hot combo and I loved how they came together (not how they met!) I also loved how we finally got the Shifter part of the Assassin/Shifter series. And in such a sly way, too. Must continue with the series now.
What do You think about Alaska, With Love (2012)?
Not as good as the first, tho it read better - cant wait to read the next one :D
—bookreader
I think that this couple is cute.Vegetable oil? lol
—Lily
