Review: Lucky Like Us

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Bakery owner Elizabeth Hamilton's quiet life is filled with sweet treats, good friends, and a loving family. But all of that is about to turn sour when an odd sound draws her outside. There's a man lying unconscious in the street, a car speeding toward him. Without hesitation, she gets the man out of harm's way before they're run down.
Unwittingly, Elizabeth has put herself in the path of a serial murderer, and as the only one who can identify the FBI's Silver Fox Killer, she's ended up in the hospital with a target on her back.
All that stands between her and death is Special Agent Sam Turner. Against his better judgment, Sam gets emotionally involved, determined to take down the double threat against Elizabeth—an ex desperate to get her back, despite a restraining order, and a psychopath bent on silencing her before she can identify him.
They set a trap to catch the killer—putting Elizabeth in his hands, with Sam desperate to save her. If he's lucky, he'll get his man . . . and the girl.

Genre: romantic suspense

Publication date: April 2013

Mature content: yes

Review: I can't say Lucky Like Us is a terrible book, because it's not, but it also didn't amaze me. It started off great, with a gripping action scene, but that was just about the highest point in the story. After that, I felt that the plot turned flat and not even the fact that I wanted to know who the Silver Fox was, was enough to keep me interested. In addition, the constant changing of view points from one character to another was confusing. I don't mind changing view points, but in this case even the secondary characters were sharing all their thoughts and it was just too much to keep track of. 

Lucky Like Us is book two in the Hunted series by Jennifer Ryan and in the future I will try to go through the other books to see if I can enjoy them a bit more.


 Happy readings,