Review: Catalyst (Flashpoint Book 2)

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When a food storage depot in famine-struck South Sudan is torched, American aid worker Brie Stewart flees, only to land in a market where she’s the next item up for auction. Is the attack on the aid facility another assault upon the war-torn fledgling democracy, or has her family set her up as a pawn in their quest for oil rights? Chief Warrant Officer Sebastian Ford crossed paths with Brie years ago when she was a shill for her family’s company, pushing a pipeline that threatened his tribe’s land. Determined to lead the rescue operation to save her, he won’t let her abduction—or the attraction that flares between them—get in the way of settling their unfinished business. The Green Beret’s skills are put to the test in the flooded grasslands of South Sudan, where they must battle nature and dangerous factions who are after more than oil. Bastian and Brie put their hearts on the line as they find themselves embroiled in a conflict that extends beyond country and continent. Together they must douse the spark before it reaches the flashpoint and engulfs everything they hold dear.

Genre: romantic suspense

Publication date: November 2017

Mature content: yes

Review: Catalyst is book 2 in the Flashpoint series, and while in terms of timeline it closely follows book 1 (Tinderbox), it can still be read as a stand alone. 

 

I liked it, though not as much as book 1. 

 

The story is great, and I love the fact that the book raises a lot of social, economical and political issues happening in the Horn of Africa and that are very often overlooked, especially where romance books are concerned.

 

   

 

I did feel the writing was a bit repetitive here and there (literally the same sentences in different pages), there are a few slow moving parts in the plot, and I personally could have done with a bit more toned down sex scenes - not because of the scenes themselves, but because they felt out of context due to everything else that was happening to the characters at that point in time.

Sill, it's a fairly good addition to the series and I hope to find the time to read book 3 soon - and post a review, of course.

 

Happy readings!

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