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Merciless (2011)

by Mary Burton(Favorite Author)

4.02 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1420110209 (ISBN13: 9781420110203)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Zebra

series

Senseless Duo

review 1: This is the sequel to Senseless, and if you don't want to spoil Senseless, be sure to read that one first. I don't think this one was as good as its predecessor. I had a hard time imagining Angela as a likeable, young character (for some reason, I kept picturing her as Judith Light from Who's the Boss instead of a 30-something, polished, gorgeous lawyer). And Kier I kept imagining as a 50-year-old guy instead of the 30-something gorgeous cop that he supposedly was). Some of the plot, including the "whodunnit" was contrived and not in any way original. However, it was a quick read, which was very much welcomed after a semester.
review 2: Everything I said about Senseless I could repeat about Merciless. The romance happens very late in the book, though in this on... moree there is much more of a cat and mouse game between Malcolm and Angie. There’s very much a "boy likes girl so he dips her pigtails in the ink" vibe about it. I haven’t read enough of Burton’s work to know if this late-in-the-game romance is a signature of hers or if it has just worked that way in these books. The crime in this one is a little less personal than the previous book, or at least it starts out that way. And again, the book is missing that sense of place I was looking for — I didn’t even remember that it was supposed to be taking place in Alexandria, Virginia. But overall, it’s still an entertaining story. Burton is capable of dreaming up some pretty sadistic killers. less

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