Friday, May 22, 2020

Review: KILLER INSTINCTS by Anna Lee Rose


Hanna grew up with a flirty, self-centered mother, who could never find Mr. Right. Jake joined the army and wanted to get his family out of gang land.

“You have to find happiness in yourself first.”

One day, Hanna leaves her home and finds herself in a bad situation—kidnapped and taken to Mexico, where they use young girls as sex slaves, and ends up the mob boss’ girlfriend.

“I think about my past, my bad but tolerable present, and my probably non-existent future.”

Jake returns from the army broken with no job prospects and ends up being a contract killer for the Dark Web. His next assignment sends him to Mexico.

With the way it’s written, we have 2 separate stories here. Although it’s mostly in the POV of Hanna and Jake, it also includes the views and backstory of other less important characters, like Mike and Malcom. There were too many stories overcomplicating matters. Was it even necessary to have the main characters’ background story in there? It didn’t really give much and it kind of lent more than what we needed. We were probably much better off with just a brief segment. The reader is mostly interested in the kidnapping, salvage, and romance between the two characters, which, as it progresses, becomes more clearer.

Overall, this was a short and somewhat easy read.

My rating: 3 stars

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