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jajorgen's review
3.0
Courting Disaster started out very strongly. Carling Dent is a defense attorney who has become more of a risk taker since a shooting that almost took her life a year ago. That attack left her client, an accountant who may have been laundering money for the Russian mob, dead and Carling (who was shot in the head) with a no memory of the attack and a change in personality. Part of her new chance-taking affect manifests itself in the types of clients she takes - accused rapists and possible mob elements included. A car accident changes everything for her, leaving her with a concussion and disorienting flashes of memory. Determined to figure out what happened a year ago Carling sets out on a collision course with mobsters and former lover, prosecutor Jared Manning.
I liked the set-up here - I'm curiously attracted to amnesia stories - and Carling was initially someone who intrigued me as she struggled to put the two parts of her life together, before and after the shooting. What brought the book down a bit for me in the second half were a few elements: the fact that the author mostly dropped any reference to Carling's disorientation, Jared's somewhat controlling insistence regarding how Carling conducts her professional life (he takes her to task for interrogating a rape victim who is later murdered - through no fault of hers), and the fact that Carling lost a few IQ points in regards to the investigation.
This one was strong enough to cause me to look for others in what I assume is a series featuring Carling and her two attractive, law partners but I can't call it an unqualified success. If I had to grade it, it would probably get a B-.
I liked the set-up here - I'm curiously attracted to amnesia stories - and Carling was initially someone who intrigued me as she struggled to put the two parts of her life together, before and after the shooting. What brought the book down a bit for me in the second half were a few elements: the fact that the author mostly dropped any reference to Carling's disorientation, Jared's somewhat controlling insistence regarding how Carling conducts her professional life (he takes her to task for interrogating a rape victim who is later murdered - through no fault of hers), and the fact that Carling lost a few IQ points in regards to the investigation.
This one was strong enough to cause me to look for others in what I assume is a series featuring Carling and her two attractive, law partners but I can't call it an unqualified success. If I had to grade it, it would probably get a B-.
wakela's review
4.0
If you are looking for a great suspense thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat, then look no further. I couldn’t put this one down.
Carling can’t remember what happened. Life takes on a new direction because of the circumstances. Who was it that murdered her client and left her for dead? Who can she trust?
She turns to her ex-lover in hopes that he is on the up and up. However, she soon starts doubting even him.
This is one of those books that keeps you guessing right up until the end! I really loved that Carling was a tough woman who could take care of herself. There are too many times in books where the woman needs the man to come rescue her. That definitely isn’t the case here.
This book is set to be released on April 4, 2011 in ebook.
In conjunction with the Wakela's World Disclosure Statement, I received a product in order to enable my review. No other compensation has been received. My statements are an honest account of my experience with the brand. The opinions stated here are mine alone.
Carling can’t remember what happened. Life takes on a new direction because of the circumstances. Who was it that murdered her client and left her for dead? Who can she trust?
She turns to her ex-lover in hopes that he is on the up and up. However, she soon starts doubting even him.
This is one of those books that keeps you guessing right up until the end! I really loved that Carling was a tough woman who could take care of herself. There are too many times in books where the woman needs the man to come rescue her. That definitely isn’t the case here.
This book is set to be released on April 4, 2011 in ebook.
In conjunction with the Wakela's World Disclosure Statement, I received a product in order to enable my review. No other compensation has been received. My statements are an honest account of my experience with the brand. The opinions stated here are mine alone.
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