SPADES
#2
KRISTY
EVANS
GENRE:
PARANORMAL ROMANCE
The ceremony is a
step away, and everyone is watching.
Calise Thomas must prove her
worth. With the pre course assignment at hand, she'll either be
crowned as an official spade, or sent back home to deal with her
remarried dad and his trophy new wife, Laura. Even if it means
breaking the law, she'll do whatever it takes to stay in the same
cabin with Chris.
The man who is too professional to love and too
busy to feel sends Calise mixed messages about his affection for her
and leaves her desperate for something more substantial. It's not
long before she finds herself lured into a dangerous entanglement
that could jeopardize everything she's worked hard for, including her
undercover identity.
A statue. A letter. A secret.
And only
one thing's certain . . .
A Murder.
MY
RATING: 3 STARS
This
is a really hard review to write because I really like the story and
characters, but the editing hindered the story greatly. This is going
to be one of those reviews where I have to do “The Good/The Bad”.
Lets get “The Bad” out of the way first so I can at least end on
a good note.
The
Bad:
If
it weren't for the fact that I love the characters and the story, I
would've gave this book 2 stars due to the poor proofreading. There
was a mistake on almost every other page. It really bothers me when I
see such potential in a story, to only have to down grade my rating
because of errors that could have easily been caught and fixed. I
really, really hope when the author gets time, she will go back
through this book and fix the errors and release a new edition of
this Kindle story so the rating doesn't affect her sales...because it
is a good story—really! The first book had some editing issues, but
it was nothing compared to the errors with this one.
With
the introduction of Charlie in this first book, I knew I'd see more
of him in the second book as a love interest for Calise. I was
excited to see how this would play out. There was only one thing
about Charlie that bothered me—he kept calling Calise “Girl”.
That drove me nuts. Tre some times uses the word “Girl” instead
of the name of the female he's talking to, and it doesn't bother me
at all. It sounds right coming from Tre, but not from Charlie. His
use of the word “Girl” should've been limited to only a couple of
times.
I
wanted to see Chris more in this book. He is a huge part of the
story, and I sort of missed him in this book. He was more of a
background character. I needed more Chris!
Some
of the scene transitions were a little bit confusing. The characters
will be doing on thing, or be in one place, then suddenly they are
somewhere else, or doing something different.
The
Good:
I
really like the overall story and the characters. I love the whole
“forbidden love” thing between Calise and Chris. All the
characters have their own personalities and they work well together.
Calise is starting to evolve as a character as she starts figuring
out exactly who she is. I also liked how she is willing to sacrifice
her spot on the most wanted team to help Tre.
Calise
is getting closer to figuring out what happened to Jennifer. I have
an idea of what I think happened to her, whether I'm right or not I
won't find out until the next book. So the disappearance of the
missing spade, Jennifer, is still ongoing through this book.
It
seems that Blue and Kevin are warming up to Calise a bit more in this
book. I think in the next book Blue and Calise might even become
friends. Of course, that's just speculation on my part.
Even
with the technical problems this book has, I'm still looking forward
to the next installment of the Spades series. I really like the story
and the characters and want to see where the next book takes them.
*Book
Hollow*
