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Choke Hold (2011)

by Christa Faust(Favorite Author)

3.85 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Hard Case Crime

series

Angel Dare

review 1: I needed a quick, fun action book and this fit the bill. It’s pure pulp fiction. Former porn star Angel Dare is waitressing under a fake name in a nowhere diner after confronting a sex-trafficking ring in the series’ first book (“Money Shot”) — when in walks an old boyfriend who promptly gets shot and, as he lays dying, asks her to protect his son. The kid is an up-and-coming MMA competitor involved with bad people. It’s like a B-movie film noir, only sex positive. That said, there’s a creepy sexual encounter — that is emphasized as creepy by the author — that I will never be able to unknow, although I’d like to. Nothing like Mo Hayder creepy but creepy nonetheless. Bechdel test: pass.
review 2: Choke Hold picks up not long after Money Shot ... moreends, timewise it's maybe less than a year. It's not been easy time, though. Angel Dare has been in and out of the Witness Protection program. While there are some flashbacks to fill in what's happened in the meantime, the one thing you'll notice about this book is the pace. You know how people say things like "thrill ride" and "rollercoaster" and usually you just yawn? If Money Shot was a wild race, Choke Hold is desperate dash through a war torn bomb corridor. It simply doesn't let up for more than a breath now and then. And it's so noir you could black your shoes with it. Hope you never meet Angel Dare, because you're not too likely to survive it. When I finished this book -- and believe me, I barely put it down once I picked it up -- I went back and re-read quite a bit of it, picking apart just how Faust did what she did. Superb stuff. less

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