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Living On The Edge (2011)

by Shannon K. Butcher(Favorite Author)

3.82 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0451232747 (ISBN13: 9780451232748)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Signet Eclipse

series

Edge

review 1: I’d compare this to a Suzanne Brockmann. It is intensely character driven. The story is an action packed backdrop to the main story. The real story is what is going on in the lives of the hero and heroine. I loved it. It had everything I want in a romantic suspense book. Bullets, villains, a gutsy heroine, a hunky hottie hero, friends that have subplots that you can tell are leading to their own stories being explored in another novel, and that indefinable element of pure entertainment that makes us enjoy these books.SYNOPSIS:General’s daughter, a security/mercenary type finds out her best friend is being held against her will by a rich guy in a South American jungle. As she prepares to board a flight to go to the rescue, her father, the General sends a recentl... morey wounded, discharged hero to stop her from leaving the country. The heroine boards her plane, (nice scene where she sucker punches the big bad military baby-sitter), and when the hero regains consciousness, he has no choice but to follow her to the jungle and help her save the friend. There are a lot of sub-plots where the main characters are dealing with their own personal crises. The heroine has abandonment issues with her father and is always trying to prove herself to someone who apparently doesn’t care or intend to show pride in her work. The hero has lost his career in the military due to an injury, and now feels pressured to take over his family business.NEGATIVES:I didn’t know the back story of Bella, and found her character confusing, but that’s just because I haven’t read the other books in the series. Yet. It felt like the reader was supposed to know facts about Bella and her organization, but it felt like a few pieces of the puzzle were missing.The General could have found a way to be nicer and closer to his own kid. I just didn’t like him or his attitude, and I didn’t find his reasons compelling enough to put that much space between him and his child.There seems to be some long running conspiracy that wasn’t wrapped up. I didn’t expect it to be, but ever since “The Lost” bleeped us over with that lame ‘we’re all dead’ ending, (INFURIATING their audience!), I’ve been suspicious of.... threads of conspiracy stories, that go unresolved. This is just my quirk. POSITIVES:The whole book. I enjoyed it.I think I like the other Butcher series better - the one with the secret ops guys becoming bodyguards to women target by crazies. But this one was fun. And isn’t that why we buy these books to begin with?
review 2: This was my first book from Butcher. I like her writing style..some great one-liners as well. It was a good book. Intriguing story line. Loved Lucas. Understand where Sloane is coming from/why she is the way she is but, she was starting to bug me! Just when I was about to push her aside, she 'opened up'.It was a slow start. It really didn't 'grab me' until about 3/4 the way in. Loved the ending with them..was good. BUT, if this storyline/idea drops..if they don't pick up with Brink..then I'm really disappointed. She really needed more of a conclusion with that portion. The way it was worded, I feel like it'll be a continuing issue but if it isn't..that really needed a wrap-up. Liked enough that I will buy the next in the series (which I believe comes out in October/November)??? less

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