A review by aquietglow
Fire and Ice by Julie Garwood
4.0
This was good! I really liked Sophie, I like her relationships with her friends, I like that they have in-jokes and understandings. She built her own little family. She's part of a real world and has clear plans and ambitions. Her dad is a Chicago Robin Hood, pursuing rich criminals, Leverage-style. That's rad as hell, days are bleak, would appreciate that kind of hope today, frankly.
I don't love reading about allusions to animal abuse between each chapter, but at least she keeps it very short.
The big problem is that in this series all the male leads are in law enforcement. It's the point of the series, so that's on me I guess, but oh boy. They're all bossy and self-assured. And I think (hope) most of us are aware now that there are plenty of emergencies that are worsened by cops. Sophie was threatened by them as a child, and is constantly harassed and bothered by them as an adult, she's regularly bugged and monitored! Of course she has an "aversion," she should, that makes total sense! That's reasonable, I don't know why her friends think she needs to overcome it, she is able to accept Regan's partner and his close friends. Leave her alone.
I do not know why Sophie cares about the hero. We know he's celebrated for being good at shooting and killing people (yikes at the entire way that is handled, good grief!). He likes to pick at and argue with her. He's just so dull, I don't get it. It's a quick fun read if I just ignore him though.
I don't love reading about allusions to animal abuse between each chapter, but at least she keeps it very short.
The big problem is that in this series all the male leads are in law enforcement. It's the point of the series, so that's on me I guess, but oh boy. They're all bossy and self-assured. And I think (hope) most of us are aware now that there are plenty of emergencies that are worsened by cops. Sophie was threatened by them as a child, and is constantly harassed and bothered by them as an adult, she's regularly bugged and monitored! Of course she has an "aversion," she should, that makes total sense! That's reasonable, I don't know why her friends think she needs to overcome it, she is able to accept Regan's partner and his close friends. Leave her alone.
I do not know why Sophie cares about the hero. We know he's celebrated for being good at shooting and killing people (yikes at the entire way that is handled, good grief!). He likes to pick at and argue with her. He's just so dull, I don't get it. It's a quick fun read if I just ignore him though.