catsbah's review
2.0
I only liked this one a little more than I liked Night's Landing. It was okay, but I didn't really get invested in the characters.
sheramelton's review
2.0
I just finished this book, and I wasn't impressed. I'm not sure if it was in a series or not, but if it wasn't it should have been. There was just so much backstory I felt like I had missed out on, so I had a really hard time getting into it and keeping things straight. This book is labeled as romantic suspense, right on the spine of the book, but I was two thirds of the way through the book before anything remotely romatic happened, and all of the romance was very watered down and felt more off-screen. The book was also suspense-light. The end of the book was the only time I actually felt the suspense, and even then it wasn't all that great. My last, and probably biggest, flaw with this book is that the characters acted very dumb for a bunch of cops, FBI agents, and state troopers. The niece, Wendy, was supposed to be a 17 year old intelligent girl, and she repeatedly acted like a six year old and trusted people who were obviously the bad guys. None of them acted like they should be in any position of power. In fact, they acted more like the landscapers they were (the Longstreet family ran a landscaping business) than any type of cop. I've never read any other books by this author, but I love MIRA and usually like all of their authors, especially the ones who write romantic suspense. Maybe this book was just a fluke, but as of right now I'm not tempted to read any of her others. The back of the book was more romantic and suspenseful than anything you'll find between the covers. I say skip it.
amberreads1's review
2.0
Dark Sky is a skimmable read. You won't miss out on much by doing so. Dark Sky could have been great if I hadn't guessed in 50 pages at what the whole mystery was.
Not only that, I found it annoying how Juliet made excuses and made it out like the mentality of the men in her life about her being a US Marshal was okay. That maybe, because she was a female and therefore she worried her parents more than their sons, that she should just quit and go back to landscaping. The author, I feel, is making it out like this mentality is made into a bigger deal than it should be and that is something I greatly disagree with.
Also, the relationship between Juliet and Ethan was so off for me. Who, in their right mind, would want to be in a relationship with a guy who kept stringing her along with information. I get part of it was his job, but he knew that information was vital to her and yet he refused. That is the kind of guy he is and although there were parts of him I liked, I can't imagine being okay with a relationship with him in that fashion. But just looking at how she wrote the romance, there wasn't as much heat as I thought there would be.
Another issue, was Wendy. She is suppose to be a smart 17 year old, yet she acts much younger than she is. Also, I just can't understand how you could rationalize someone knowing your name from the hotel and following you to a diner.
Either way, I couldn't get past the whole issue with the mentality of men, the overly predictable mystery that I feel she thought wouldn't be so easy to guess at, and the relationship. Therefore, I could only give it two stars.
Not only that, I found it annoying how Juliet made excuses and made it out like the mentality of the men in her life about her being a US Marshal was okay. That maybe, because she was a female and therefore she worried her parents more than their sons, that she should just quit and go back to landscaping. The author, I feel, is making it out like this mentality is made into a bigger deal than it should be and that is something I greatly disagree with.
Also, the relationship between Juliet and Ethan was so off for me. Who, in their right mind, would want to be in a relationship with a guy who kept stringing her along with information. I get part of it was his job, but he knew that information was vital to her and yet he refused. That is the kind of guy he is and although there were parts of him I liked, I can't imagine being okay with a relationship with him in that fashion. But just looking at how she wrote the romance, there wasn't as much heat as I thought there would be.
Another issue, was Wendy. She is suppose to be a smart 17 year old, yet she acts much younger than she is. Also, I just can't understand how you could rationalize someone knowing your name from the hotel and following you to a diner.
Either way, I couldn't get past the whole issue with the mentality of men, the overly predictable mystery that I feel she thought wouldn't be so easy to guess at, and the relationship. Therefore, I could only give it two stars.
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