Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

What the heck happened? The previous book ("Iced") was an interesting story with a novel character, and I was looking forward to the confrontation between Mac and Dani. While "Iced" did most things right, "Burned" did everything wrong. First, it seems that Mac had turned into a vapid, pointless, mouth-breathing excuse for a heroine that turns into a drooling idiot anytime that a dreamy, hunky man crosses her line of sight or even crosses her mind. It's like the author completely forgot how to balance an active lead's romantic interests with being a useful and proactive heroine. Mac degenerated in this book from what she had been in previous efforts. She seemed to lose every argument that she had with anyone, particularly the dreamy, hunky men. Also, the author managed to totally ruin the character of Dani. Dani used to be the most interesting character, partially because we got to see what a young, rambunctious, and fearless young woman could be as she developed her superhero chops. The author decided that rather than continue what was previously a successful bit of character development, that she wanted to instead bypass that and artificially age Dani. She turned a unique character who could grow into being an adult into a full-fledged commando sex-bomb with none of the characteristics that made Dani special. My guess is that the author wants to have another once-promising character be available for sexy-times with all the misogynistic, dreamy, hunky men that she's populated her books with. The story itself was fairly lame, taking a long time to develop and not really having what I would normally consider to be a "big conflict." While most of the story was from Mac's point of view, there were a number of shifts to the perspective of other characters, all of which felt random and none of which were necessary for the story. I've also become somewhat tired of "the Nine." They're all huge and muscular and dreamy and they win every philosophical point when they engage in debate with the women-folk. I'm not sure why the author decided to go from a good urban fantasy story with an integrated romance angle to a bad romance in an urban fantasy setting, but I'm disappointed by the entire effort. When I finished "Iced," I was really looking for to "Burned," and burned is just what I got. Just not in a good way.