Helpful Score: 5
Not as emotionally gripping as The Tin Star, which moved me greatly. The main characters here, Gray and Shane, seemed to move about the pages like stick figures rather than flesh and blood characters.
Also, it reintroduced characters from the other book (Ethan and Jamie, John and McCabe) without explanation as to whom they were to each other or to Gray and Shane. So if you hadn't just read The Tin Star, it wouldn't make sense.
The sex scenes were graphic and titillating but without the emotional connection, it left me cold.
There were also a LOT of editing errors in this book. Words left out, words in the wrong place within a sentence, etc. Very shoddy.
Overall, not J.L. Langley's best which is a shame because Langley can write a great tale.
Also, it reintroduced characters from the other book (Ethan and Jamie, John and McCabe) without explanation as to whom they were to each other or to Gray and Shane. So if you hadn't just read The Tin Star, it wouldn't make sense.
The sex scenes were graphic and titillating but without the emotional connection, it left me cold.
There were also a LOT of editing errors in this book. Words left out, words in the wrong place within a sentence, etc. Very shoddy.
Overall, not J.L. Langley's best which is a shame because Langley can write a great tale.
Helpful Score: 2
In agreement with another review of this book...my emotional attachment to the characters did not transcend to this book. The lack of editing or editing failures kept drawing me out of the book (as I kept trying to make sense of statements, such as: "messaged his thighs") and I found it extremely irritating. Gave this 3 out of 5 stars for TONS of editing issues and just overall lack of depth. The first book of the series was much better.
