Reviewed by Dee
TITLE: Crashing Blue
AUTHOR: Della Boynton
PUBLISHER: Loose Id
LENGTH: 162 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 26, 2016
BLURB:
Francisco Cabot is an undercover narc for the police. Having lived his entire life on the underbelly of society, he’s the perfect man to infiltrate hardcore gangs, gather bulletproof evidence against them, and make certain their bosses spend a lifetime behind bars. He hides a dark secret, though, that causes him to harbor a ravening hunger for revenge that not even his long list of successes can quench. But a man can only live with revenge and the refuse of humanity for so long, before not even his fantasies of innocents and his ideals are enough to light the growing darkness in his soul.
The last man Cabot expects to save him from that darkness is Christopher Caldwell, the son of the biggest drug king in the city and the man Cabot has been sent to destroy. Falling in love with the enemy was never the plan, but when Christopher begs Cabot to leave everything behind to be with him, Cabot finds himself longing to do just that. His life of violence, gangs, and slums can’t be left behind so easily, though; they’ll be lucky to make it out alive.
REVIEW:
Della is a new to me author and one I’ll be sure to keep an eye out for. This story starts off strong and barely lets up, so strap yourself in for one hell of a ride.
As per the blurb Cabot is an undercover cop. I’ve read many crime stories, but what made me sit up and pay attention to this one, was the blurred lines between love and loyalties, law enforcement and criminals.
There are a couple of sex scenes, even though they aren’t necessary to drive the plot. In fact, this could have been a five star read for me without them. Gasp, did I as a self-confessed smut lover just say that? I did. The reason, I don’t find analogies like this erotic – “I had a fleeting image of merry-go-rounds and me as one of the rides with a pole firmly inserted.” Or, “I thought about seizing a kiss as I crammed fingers into my ass.” Now before anyone gets upset I realize we all like different things, so my quotes could very well help with sales.
Oh, and one final irk. The reference to BDSM bordered on being offensive, to me. However, given the story is not BDSM I won’t go any further into the issue.
So, back to the plot. The story is told completely from Cabot’s point of view, and it worked perfectly well that way. The characters were well fleshed out, and I became highly invested in them. An absolute must for my reading enjoyment. I couldn’t even begin to fathom how all the events were going to play out. And just when I thought I had it all figured out, I was thrown one final loop. The point I’m trying to make is that the plot is far from predictable, which is another thing I loved about it.
I highly recommend this story to those who like edge of your seat suspenseful plots, when the stakes are high and nothing is as it seems.
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