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3.0
Imminent Danger is number 5 in a series, but it's the first of the series I have read. I think Adams tries to help out those of us that are "late to the party", however, I still felt a bit lost...For example, characters' previous experiences were referred to, but didn't seem quite clear & at times didn't seem relevant. There were two story lines going on, but they didn't seem to tie together cohesively.
Abbey and Blake are young & attractive. He is attracted to her, but she is closed-off to love and intimacy due to her past experiences. The story begins with Abbey witnessing a crime. Kim comes to visit California & help out a friend. She meets Leo, a movie star with a playboy reputation. They happen to meet in an accountant's office & witness suspicious activity there. That appears to be the only overlap in their stories. From there, the stories didn't mesh well for me. Even at the very end of the book when there is the reappearance of a character from early on it just didn't seem relevant anymore. The only thing each storyline seemed to have in common was the crooked accountant.
Perhaps if I had started the series from the beginning I would've enjoyed this one more. I like to have order so for me, being in the dark about the previous books affected my opinion of Imminent Danger. I'm sure fans of the series would find this worth the read.
Reviewed by Joelle for Cocktails and Books
Abbey and Blake are young & attractive. He is attracted to her, but she is closed-off to love and intimacy due to her past experiences. The story begins with Abbey witnessing a crime. Kim comes to visit California & help out a friend. She meets Leo, a movie star with a playboy reputation. They happen to meet in an accountant's office & witness suspicious activity there. That appears to be the only overlap in their stories. From there, the stories didn't mesh well for me. Even at the very end of the book when there is the reappearance of a character from early on it just didn't seem relevant anymore. The only thing each storyline seemed to have in common was the crooked accountant.
Perhaps if I had started the series from the beginning I would've enjoyed this one more. I like to have order so for me, being in the dark about the previous books affected my opinion of Imminent Danger. I'm sure fans of the series would find this worth the read.
Reviewed by Joelle for Cocktails and Books
bryonie's review
2.0
Where to start with this one.
Overall, the plot WASN'T all that bad. I will, however, say that having the two distinct storylines with only the teeniest threads tying them together wasn't a very good idea. I realize that this is a romantic suspense novel, but the whole point of the romance aspect of it is for us to get the whole package when it comes to the guy and the girl meeting, falling in love, messing things up, then realizing they were meant for each other. But by having the two romantic storylines, we are robbed of a significant portion of the 'fun' of reading books like this, not to mention it made the overall story weaker, not stronger.
Now here's the nit picking parts. (OK, fine. The last paragraph was nit picking stuff also.) First, I don't care how strong and independent you want to portray your female (sort-of) leads, but when Kim thinks she just watched her best friend get blown to pieces, and she's like ho-hum... please.
Then let's talk about the other female lead, Abbey. Abby gets SHOT in the leg, and then the next time she's fussing about her injuries her worst worries about her audition less than a week later is whether or not she can cover the bruises on her face with make up. Hello! Shot in the leg. She's a dancer. Did ya forget about that?
OK, so Blake and hero's his family were kidnapped. I don't know if this was covered in one of the previous 4 books (which I haven't read) but I'm sorry, an entire family just doesn't get kidnapped randomly for no reason. You need to tell us WHY. Was his mother or father a public servant or something? Were they rich? Did they puts someone off? You don't leave that kind of stuff out. it's just making an already thin plot even worse.
Overall, the plot WASN'T all that bad. I will, however, say that having the two distinct storylines with only the teeniest threads tying them together wasn't a very good idea. I realize that this is a romantic suspense novel, but the whole point of the romance aspect of it is for us to get the whole package when it comes to the guy and the girl meeting, falling in love, messing things up, then realizing they were meant for each other. But by having the two romantic storylines, we are robbed of a significant portion of the 'fun' of reading books like this, not to mention it made the overall story weaker, not stronger.
Now here's the nit picking parts. (OK, fine. The last paragraph was nit picking stuff also.) First, I don't care how strong and independent you want to portray your female (sort-of) leads, but when Kim thinks she just watched her best friend get blown to pieces, and she's like ho-hum... please.
Then let's talk about the other female lead, Abbey. Abby gets SHOT in the leg, and then the next time she's fussing about her injuries her worst worries about her audition less than a week later is whether or not she can cover the bruises on her face with make up. Hello! Shot in the leg. She's a dancer. Did ya forget about that?
OK, so Blake and hero's his family were kidnapped. I don't know if this was covered in one of the previous 4 books (which I haven't read) but I'm sorry, an entire family just doesn't get kidnapped randomly for no reason. You need to tell us WHY. Was his mother or father a public servant or something? Were they rich? Did they puts someone off? You don't leave that kind of stuff out. it's just making an already thin plot even worse.
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