Reviewed by Jen B.
TITLE: The Job
AUTHOR: Cara Dee
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 235 Pages
RELEASE DATE: May 7, 2021
BLURB:
Family | Crime | Humor | Suspense | Standalone
With the help of their ball-busting daughter, some questionable morals, and an important job to get done, Casey and Boone will steal you away to the grit and glitz of Las Vegas in this fast-paced romance.
I’m not supposed to do this job without Boone.
We may not share genes, but it’s been us against the world since his mom took me in as a toddler. The rowdy O’Sullivan boys who raised all the hell that Vegas could handle. Not that all my memories are wild and make my heart race. After all, I realized I was in love with the bastard at some point, so there’s been plenty of pathetic yearning and jealousy too.
Even so, it’s been him and me. Brothers, partners in crime, and, for the past six years, co-parents to an amazing little girl. But that’s another story. Right now, I gotta focus on the job our cousin gave us, and I need Boone by my side.
The problem is we haven’t really been on speaking terms for four years now.
This story takes place in Cara Dee’s Camassia Cove Universe, a fictional town where all books stand on their own, unless otherwise stated, and the reader can jump in wherever they want.
REVIEW:
It should be noted right off the bat that this is mislabeled on Goodreads as part of the Auctioned series. It is not. It is a stand alone story about two guys (thieves) who grew up as brothers (unrelated) who are now sharing in the upbringing of an 8 year old girl, whom they call Ace. Casey and Boone have been estranged for the past four years and while not on speaking terms, have been co-parenting Ace.
Another thing to note about this story is that it is noticeably not what I have come to expect from Cara Dee in that it has an altogether different feel to it than everything else I’ve read. Unfortunately, I was a bit disappointed by this. Instead of a gritty, down and dirty story, this one felt like it was trying too hard to be current. Brothers who aren’t actual brothers realizing they are in love and because neither wanted to acknowledge it, they’ve been ignoring each other for four years. One is now bisexual, and they are parents who treat their daughter as they do each other. Often times, I was lost as to how old Ms. Ace actually was, although it seems she is destined to be a master thief like her fathers.
It takes a while for Casey and Boone to figure things out, but a job pops up that sort of forces them to rethink things. When they do decide to reconcile and move forward together, they are accepted by all. As in, no one bats an eye that these guys are suddenly a couple. There was a lot going on here besides what was happening with these guys, i.e. the job, the daughter, etc., and I really would have liked to have seen more details on what they had gone through to get where they are in this story. There were aspects I enjoyed, but overall, I was hoping for more.
Needless to say, Ms. Dee remains on my auto read list, and I am still looking forward to whatever she comes up with next.
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