Fetch Your Copy A Marked Man (Assassin/Shifter, #1) Planned By Sandrine Gasq-Dion Offered As Publication
Same thoughts as before,
Wow, this was better than I thought it was going to be, Is that bad for me to admit I did think there was too much sex, but I just skimmed over those, The action was more than enough to make up for it, The twists and turns were great and some were so unexpected, while others I called from the word Go!, Mateo and Riley were so great together,
I loved how Riley was loaded but never showed it, I loved how down to earth he was, I would have liked more of a showing of their relationship after the chaos, like how Riley handled Mateo being away,
Great start to this series, I will be keeping an eye out for Derek, James, Josh, Sam, and Troy's stories all next,
"You are my love" ”You had me the minute you kissed me, ”
It is so fun to watch a bad boy assassin fall in love, Best thing ever!
Yup, there is no doubt about it, Whatever this formula is called this is the formula for me, It works for me every time, I think I really like shoot em ups and kidnapping and rescues and mysteries with hot assassin/military/law enforcement type men, Oh, and lets not forget to mention the romance and the super, freaking hot action! So fn good, Not sure why it is called the Assassin/Shifter series but I guess Ill figure it out because there is no way I am not reading the rest of this series.
Read.
Even though I thought this book was going to have some shifter assassins it was still a good book, Riley and Mateo stole my heart, Mateo being the assassin bachelor that didn't want to be in love and Riley being a smart, rich, in the closet young man, There relationship came together easily after the assassination attempt, Lots of sex. The story had a little bit of a mystery and was a surprise at the end, The supporting characters were engaging and amusing, as well,
The shifters are later in the series so I will keep reading, Original review:
Not quite a three,
It wasn't bad despite my notquitethree rating, It was just, that everything about it was so very mediocre, The writing, the plot, the romance, the characters, the sex, And bored me a bit to be honest, I think the only character I truly rooted for was the General and his failing romance,
sigh
I honestly don't know whether I'll continue this series,
Edited : Reread, I wasn't feeling as generous, Amusing in its stupidity.
Improved Rating: Not quite aFun quick read, Bad ass assassin falls for innocent guy he was supposed to kill, Mateo didn't spend too much time holding out on Riley, but I enjoyed watching them together, There was quite a bit of sex, but also mystery, suspense and action, Neither had very good childhoods, but it was fun to see Riley's innocence and wonderment with the littlest things, and Mateo indulging him made me smile,
I am looking forward to seeing some of the other guys on the team get their stories, as well as see how this plays out into a paranormal.
This was a good read it started off strong and had engaging characters, The writing was smooth and the story line kept me
anxious for an HEA, Was thinking there would be shifters but since there weren't, I'm assuming they are to come in the following books, Intriguing side characters and a plot twist at the end that I definitely didn't see coming! Nice start to a promising series! Reread May,becausethis is now available on audiobook,it's narrated by Greg Tremblay, andI plan to continue on with the series.
at least until we get to the shifters!
It's funny how our tastes change and evolve over time, I read this book almostyears ago and gave itstars, Now I'm kind of shaking my head at my old self, What was I thinking It's not a bad story, but it certainly doesn't compare to other stories I've ratedstars, This time around I'd say it's more like,, but I'll round up for excellent narration,
Read July,, . . I can already tell I'm going to LOVE this series! A group of exmilitary alpha males who work for the government as assassins taking out lowlifes like rapists, murderers and pedophiles.
Oh yeah, and several of them are gay : This book was filled with all sorts of MM deliciousness from Mateo and Riley, I loved them!! Bring on the next book!! Overall book review:,
Audio book: Greg Boudreaux
Book Cover:,
Me, after finishing this book
Oh hell, I'm in a cheesy mood, So sue me. I enjoyed the overall idea and the story, But there is a lot of stuff in here that is just borderline funny, Not referring to funny in a good way here
I know what the author is shooting for here, but thing is sometimes it just that little tad over the top I'm not going to post snippets, if you read it you'll know exactly what I am referring to.
I still enjoyed the idea around it though, And the characters were fairly likeable, Combine that with my current "cheesy" mood and I'm ready to get some popcorn and dive into the next one, I need funny okay :
And the Purple Hippo was sweet, You gotta admit that.
TOO MUCH SEX! And if that's not enough, the lastpages feature anal beads! This book was just, . . no.
It so obviously wasn't edited, Even I, with a serious lack in using the English language, could grasp that changing fromrd tost person perspective in the middle of a paragraph is baaad.
The book also could have been a lot shorter if the writer didn't insist on saying the same thing in two different ways every few pages, In the same paragraph.
His mind drifted back to the guy in the curtain room, and he felt his dick twitching in his pants, Riley was daydreaming about meeting the mystery man in the curtain room again,
, . . Mateo let loose as his own orgasm ripped through him and into Riley, Exploding at maximum speed, Mateo let out a loud groan and collapsed across Riley, . .
Exploding at maximum speed Really
I would like to say that the plot redeemed the bad writing, but it didn't, It was porn with just enough plot so it isn't PWP, And it was instalove. And you'd think the assassin would know all kinds of cool assassiny things, like not to go camping/hiking when you know someone's trying to find you and kill you.
I'm just gonna stop here and say that this book was, in my honest opinion, a waste of time and money, Too bad I've bought the second book when I was buying the first, Not a great start to this series, mostly due to writing weaknesses,
Viewpoints are a freeforall, which is terrible here since this simultaneously employs deep POV, wherein character thoughts shape the narrative text, Supremely confusing.
Further, this is expositional to the extreme, plus more summarystyle than scenes, interspersed with thoughts about sex in one way or another, Really, structurally this isnt all that good, It needs tighter editing, too, since some bits are massively redundant,
And punctuation is a terrifying mess, even for someone whos not all that strict about the rules to begin with,
There are plenty of unfortunate snippets mostly regarding meaning, such as the following few:
His cock went from zero to seven inches in seconds.
Hm. That ones new. Telescope cock Or is he all smooth like a Ken doll when not aroused
The man had just fucked the shit out of him, Now he knew where the expression had come from,
Um, given that it was anal sex thats a really unfortunate way to phrase it,
The last thing Mateo needed on his hands was a stressed out Riley Flynn, God, Rileys blue eyes entranced his ass every time, Mateo leaned in and their lips met softly,
What His eyes do What
Ill grant you, theres a certain charm to a story told in summary by someone who clearly cares, But the way its presented makes for disjointed reading and, to be honest, the characters remain distant and flat, Empathy does not really happen for me, Not until the sex scenes really start up, at any rate, since those are the only times we actually get to experience who these people are, other than being informed.
I appreciate that they do not jump into sex the first chance they get .
Even though its summarized theres an effort made to show what makes them grow interested in each other, Besides their perfect bodies, I mean, That bit is being repeated ad nauseam throughout the story,
That first full sex scene is not half bad, It certainly managed more in the way of endearing the characters to me than any of what went before,
Still, since the only detailed writing in this occurs in the sex scenes, it kinda feels as though thats all the author was really interested in and the rest was about getting from point A to point B for another round of putting C into D or maybe E.
And dont be misled by the beginning, Half of this book depicts the tale of a romantic getaway not of an assassin and his almostvictim on the run from other assassins, Most of this is sex and sightseeing and mushiness as though nothing was wrong with the world,
As for the whole, er, thriller plot thingy I dont get it,
Going off on a wild tangent for a second,
Okay, I am not a guy and certainly not a guy whos had sex with another guy, But I need to know this one thing since it keeps coming up in a variety of books,
When having facetoface anal sex, how is it possible to have “their balls slapping against each other” Given the arrangement of the anatomy that seems impossible to me.
But obviously I dont have personal experience with this so someone please enlighten me,
Maybe if theyre extremely saggy
Ah, god, this question will end up forcing me to research via watching gay porn, Im feeling so sorry for myself, gtgt
Back to the book, Another thing I noticed favourably was a few visceral descriptions of the weather, Not a huge deal but apparently enough to catch my interest,
Theres potential for something good, but I just dont see it realized in this book, Maybe the later volumes will make it happen I definitely hope for that, I really enjoyed this first book in this series and can't wait to start the next book, It's the typical, out guy falls in love with the in the closet guy but those just happen to light me up, There's also suspense and adventure, a lot of childish play and lots and lots of sex, Definitely my kind of read, .