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Wild Heat (Hot Shots: Men of Fire, #1)
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bookshelves: contemporary, firefighters, law-enforcement, mystery, read-2011, suspense
Apr 11, 2011
bookshelves: contemporary, firefighters, law-enforcement, mystery, read-2011, suspense
2.5*
If I read a random page from this book (which I did before I bought it), the writing wouldn't jump out at me in a negative way. However, when reading it for longer periods of time, the writing became a major problem with the book for me. For one thing, too much the space is devoted to the two leads thinking about their reaction to the other one. The constant reference to how gorgeous the two leads are, and how noble, stubborn, proud, brave, honest, self-sacrificing, etc, etc, they are gets to be overkill. Logan and Maya are perfect, even in their torturedness they're perfect. There is also the cliched instant and intense attraction to one another. Throw in the fact that the leads act on these attractions at the most unbelievable times, and you have an eye-roller, and an almost wall-banger.
The basic arsonist plot was decent and could have been developed into an excellent mystery, but the villain was just too ordinary.
If I read a random page from this book (which I did before I bought it), the writing wouldn't jump out at me in a negative way. However, when reading it for longer periods of time, the writing became a major problem with the book for me. For one thing, too much the space is devoted to the two leads thinking about their reaction to the other one. The constant reference to how gorgeous the two leads are, and how noble, stubborn, proud, brave, honest, self-sacrificing, etc, etc, they are gets to be overkill. Logan and Maya are perfect, even in their torturedness they're perfect. There is also the cliched instant and intense attraction to one another. Throw in the fact that the leads act on these attractions at the most unbelievable times, and you have an eye-roller, and an almost wall-banger.
The basic arsonist plot was decent and could have been developed into an excellent mystery, but the villain was just too ordinary.
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Reading Progress
April 11, 2011
– Shelved
May 25, 2011
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Started Reading
May 25, 2011
– Shelved as:
contemporary
May 25, 2011
– Shelved as:
firefighters
May 25, 2011
– Shelved as:
law-enforcement
May 25, 2011
– Shelved as:
mystery
May 25, 2011
– Shelved as:
read-2011
May 25, 2011
– Shelved as:
suspense
May 26, 2011
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Finished Reading
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Laura (Kyahgirl)
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May 27, 2011 04:54PM
I had to laugh when I read this...one of my pet peeves is when authors have their characters obsessing over the hotness of each other right off the bat. Not believable.
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