This was a DNF for me two years ago. Tried again and liked it well enough. I just thought that Isabelle was a bit of a whimpering dish rag and that the Big Reveal was obvious. It was also pointless and wrapped up so immediately that it's hard to process it before it's over.

Not my favorite story from McCall/Sala. Definitely won't reread this one.

Another 3.5 stars for Sharon Sala. I can't bring myself to say I really liked it, but three stars just doesn't seem like enough. It's... weird, sorry.

My issue lies, as usual, with the heroine. She was wishy-washy and I don't think she tried hard enough. And she was one of those heroines that lives to deny herself happiness. But she was a good person with endearing qualities, so I liked her the more I read.

Our hero was an odd mix of athlete-warrior-artist, but it somehow worked well for him. I don't have any specific draw towards heroes of Native American descent, but I definitely see the appeal now. Phew, he was hot and fierce.

Nice choice of conflict with the secrets, the drama, and the revelation. It's a plot I haven't seen before, though I have a feeling it is because I don't do many long-lost-love stories. Though we do have some mystery as to why there is a threat, the who isn't much mystery. I wish it had been.

As usual, this author is overly wordy. I swear she could have knocked 30 pages off this by not describing the sunset and the spirit of the desert so many times. I liberally skimmed paragraphs about walking down the hallway and ruminating over the past.

But it was still a really good story, so there's that.

I always feel weird when I'm left with a feeling of envy after reading a romantic suspense. Like... people are trying to kill this woman, but I still want to be her. That can't be normal.

Well, that was fucking TWIST, man! Totally didn't expect that - I really thought I had it all figured out. Nope. Not even close. But it all made perfect sense in the end, just as much sense as my assumption.

Let's see... complaints, complaints... I've always got 'em.

There was a secondary threat eliminated early on that I thought was a bit pointless. It was just filler, I think. But kinda disturbing filler. It felt like the author was being salacious just for the sake of being salacious.

And we don't learn very much about our hero, Sully. He was friends with a victim and her brother and he works for the FBI - that's all we really know. Same with Ginny... she went to a special school and now she's a reporter, the end. Definitely not a character driven story.

Oh, and Ginny going from being in total shock to stomping her foot and demanding to confront her aggressor in five seconds was so far from believable, it was painful.

Otherwise, damn good story.

Das Experiment - Dinah McCall Note to self: This is the German version of Storm Warning.