Maybe, it’s from reading too many romances recently, but that last page was a serious let down and you can’t even call it a happy for now, it’s more like an okay now what. I’m not going to lie I was getting madder and madder leading up to the last few pages because we hadn’t heard anything from Aiden and honestly, I almost wish he hadn’t of shown up at all. They not only would’ve helped with the repetition and the one seemingly-random flashback, but they could’ve made the ending pack more of a punch. Where this book really could’ve used some help is from an editor. I struggled a bit with the repetition and sometimes the jumping from present day to flashbacks was a bit abrupt, but for the most part the various flashbacks to the murder and scenes that led up to the murder fit into the present-day plot seamlessly with the exception of one that stood out like a sore thumb and still bothers me. It wasn’t the best mystery/thriller I’ve read and I’m sure it’s not the worst out there either. The plot for the most part made sense and kept me engaged. What ifs were pointless wastes of time, of course, yet he couldn’t stop himself. One simply adapted and learned to live with it. He believed everything happened for a reason, even if the reason remained elusive, at times. However, I’m now wondering if their names were even Ben and Jerry.įranco sighed, his gaze fixed on nothing. The one exception is the couple Ben and Jerry, who I remember for obvious reasons, and they had a threesome with Franco off the page early on. Outside of the protagonists, Franco, who witnessed his father’s murder as a 4-year-old and is the black sheep of the family because he’s gay, and Aidan, the new-to-town cop who doesn’t do corruption, I don’t recall anyone else’s names or even really their part in the story. I’m about a week out from reading it and I don’t remember anyone’s names or specifics. If there was one weakness apart from the language, it was the characters. And then the second one, I was just pissed about.īut first, let’s talk about the characters. I mean it was obvious it was coming looking back, but I got caught up in the story and didn’t pay attention to the clues or hints. The first WTF moment happened and I had to take a few minutes to collect myself. And if my reaction to the two big reveals in the novel are anything to go by I really should read mysteries/thrillers more often. However, when the publicist reached out about this one with a gay protagonist I thought sure why not give it ago.*Īlthough there were definitely some issues with this book, pretty sure the authors native language isn’t English, for the most part I enjoyed it. In general, I don’t read a lot of mysteries or thrillers, even though I really should (see next paragraph).

Blackout by Marco Carocari