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overall impression of this book and how you feel about it?
Great story-telling and a
well-written book. I enjoyed the presentation of investigative
journalism being of high integrity and when so, fraught with danger. I
also loved tracking the journalism metric of ‘inches of newspaper
column’ and the constant review of how worthy a story was (and
therefore, how many column inches it received), and balancing act of
fitting a story into available space.
What did you think of Reece and Kara?
About as perfect a couple
as there is in romance. I often find the hero to be implausible or
impossible to compete with being a ‘real’ man and not a made-up man,
but Reece was everything I believe a romance hero should be. I actually
wanted to be more like him! Kara struggled, but was successful
balancing being a successful reporter, a mom and a woman fulfilling her
own desires, but pulled it off well. I also loved when Kara was
involved in sex and her mind off her work or being a mom, how she was
able to indulge fully! I love this line from the book as thought by
Kara: “But
with Reece, all she had to do was be. He'd accepted her as she was from
the night they'd met. Getting lost in him felt an awful lot like . . .
finding herself.”
For me, both Reece and Kara have controversial professions in today's world. What did you think of Ms Clare's portrayal of Reece as a senator? Is he similar or different from today's politicians?
Ha! Reece had far too much
integrity to be a US politician, but I did admire the presentation and
hope that there are a few good ones like Reece! I liked that he was
non-partisan, analytical and investigative in his research of issues,
and did not follow big money. I also loved that everyone called Reece,
“Senator,” and he had to keep reminded people he wanted to be treat as
a normal person. I think the line, “Just call me Reece” was used about
50 times in the book!
What did you think of Ms Clare's portrayal of Kara as a journalist? Do you think she upheld her journalistic integrity?
Yes, I enjoyed the
insights of what it meant to be an investigative journalist and how
challenging that can be. Kara was always on the edge of conflict with
Reece and how she treated him (as a partner and as a component of her
investigation), being he was potentially part of her investigation.
Neither Kara nor Reece allowed the attraction of the other to get in
their way of doing the right thing. They often thought about it,
recognized the potential for conflict, and stayed on the proper side of
it.
Kara is a single mother in this story. How do you think being a single mother was handled here or was it not much of a focus?
I thought it was a huge
part of the story and and added another dimension of conflict. It also
provided an avenue for Reece to win Kara over. Reece was such a
top-notch guy, he naturally fell into the role of being a father figure
to Kara’s son and that helped open Kara to the idea of a more permanent
relationship with Reece.
This is your first book by Pamela Clare. What did you think of her writing?
She is an outstanding
writer. And she provided hope that more investigative journalists have
that type of integrity and use fact-based, proven research, instead of
just chasing the most sensationalist stories and gossip.
Did anything in this book / story stand out to you?
Yes. The difficulties of
being an investigative journalist opened my eyes to the challenges of
the profession. The force of deadlines, competitive pressures of being
the first to break a story, yet doing so with facts and completing a
thorough investigation based on facts is difficult enough. But when you
are cracking open corrupt corporations and politicians who are willing
to kill you to silence you, it is obviously even more challenging!
Do you think you'd like to read the other books in the series portraying other journalists on Kara's team?
Yes, very much so. And as
I understand it, the series involves a variety of different
journalists, so will be interesting to find out the character of each
one and how they differ while breaking the story and finding true love!
What are you going to read next?
I believe I am going to
read my first book on cyborgs.
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WOW another great review I have read this one years ago and loved it then I am sadly behind in the series one day I need to catch up on them :)
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Helen
I'm behind on this series too and I saw a few days ago a new book in the series just came out.
DeleteI enjoyed your review very much. I haven't read this author before so you gave me something to think about.
ReplyDeleteThis is a good series. Great suspense, well thought out characters and very sexy.
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