Even Money
By Alessandra Torre
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Cover Design: Najla Qamber Designs
Synopsis
Sometimes it only takes a minute. A connection of eyes across a room, and everything changes.I was a cocktail waitress with a fondness for partying and meaningless sex.
He owned half of Vegas, with the reputation to match.I should have turned away. Instead, I stepped closer.Then, the lies started.
Rumors spread.
Stalking commenced.
And someone died.None of it stopped me from falling in love.
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About Alessandra Torre
Alessandra Torre is an award-winning New York Times bestselling author of fourteen novels. Her books focus on romance and suspense. Torre has been featured in such publications as Elle and Elle UK, as well as guest blogged for the Huffington Post and RT Book Reviews. She is also the Bedroom Blogger for Cosmopolitan.com.
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Elizabeth's Review
My rating: 3 of 5 stars - Average read
Review Copy provided by publisher via Net Galley
I have such mixed feeling about this book.
The Good:
Interesting story concept and idea. Bell is a Cinderella type character who is also strong and independent. She's survived and is thriving surrounded by friends. Well written with heavy doses of steamy and a good doses of intrigue and suspense.
The Frustrating:
I have a couple of frustrations; Some are related directly to the story and some of technical.
With the story itself, as much as I liked Bell, I had a really hard time connecting with her and with Dario. They didn't feel fully developed and three dimensional to me. I also struggled with the time line and the idea of "I love yous" after a little more than a month when there seemed to be very little relationship building between the couple
On the more technical side, Ms. Torre chose to flip between a 1st person narrative for Bell and then 3rd person for the other characters. This falls under personal preference, but it is something that bugged me. I noticed it continually and it did pull me from the story. There was also a formatting issue (hopefully just with the advanced copy) that made the book appear much longer than it really was. I opened the book and saw a file size that led me to believe I had a full length book on the shorter end; what I really had was about 75% of what I would expect a full length book to be if the extra spacing had been removed. Again - this may have just been an issue with the copy I had and may have been corrected in the final published version.
The Verdict -
Even Money is a decent and entertaining book. Ms. Torre pulled me in and has me very curious about where Bell and Dario are headed in Double Down. Thankfully, the conclusion to the duet is due to publish in a couple of weeks so no one has to wait too long to know what's going on.
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