Review: Fireman in Unit C by Kris Cook

12 March of 2016 by Jean

Reviewer's Rating: 2

2.0Overall score

I had to struggle to finish this one.

The Fireman in Unit C By Kris Cook

GLBTQ / MM / Romantic Suspense

Released February 12, 2016

Forbidden Passion Press

Series: Mockingbird Place, Book 3

Synopsis

I’m a bit of a neat freak. I have my reasons. Call it OCD. Call it dealing with the past. Call it whatever you like. I call it keeping life nice and tidy. An act of arson to the hot fireman’s unit next to mine makes my life messy. Real messy. What was I supposed to do? He’s needed a place to stay and I had a spare bedroom. You see I’ve been into Eli Grayson for some time. But he has baggage. An ex-boyfriend who just won’t go away. And worse, Eli seems oblivious to the jerk’s manipulating BS. Willpower. That’s what I need. Lots of willpower. But the more time I spend with him, the less willpower I have. He’s got it all together, even if he forgets to hang the towel up after a shower. Me? I’m great with keeping the towel in place, but I definitely don’t have it all together. I just have to get through the next few days until he can move back into his apartment and back into his crazy life with his ever-present ex. That’s it. Should be simple. But with him right across the hall every night I’m afraid it’s going to be anything but simple.

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

I had to struggle to finish this one.

Lately I seem to have been on a reading binge of MM (gay) romance stories and they are one of my favorite romance genres. I admire any author for putting themselves out there by publishing their work for people to love or hate, praise or criticize and I don’t like writing less than favorable reviews.

Whether a person enjoys a book or movie, or any type of art for that matter, is so subjective. My reaction to books and movies can change based on the mood I’m in or maybe just what’s been going on in my life. I wish I could say I really enjoyed reading this book but, honestly, it was a struggle for me to read. I loved the story line but I found the writing style not to my taste. It mostly felt stilted or choppy; it just didn’t seem to flow and I kept falling out of the story.

The story is written in first-person POV and there were times it was difficult for me to tell who was “talking.” I found myself re-reading in a lot of places so I could figure out who was talking. On the plus side – there was a nice mystery and the author did a good job of throwing more than one potential bad guy at us and kept me guessing until near the end of the book.

My opinion of this story may have been different if I’d already read the first two books. When I was asked to read this for review there was no indication given that books one and two in the series should be read first. I don’t think that this one is truly good as a standalone. Several characters obviously have significant history from the other books that would probably have made reading this one a better experience if I had read them first.

Based on other reviews I am obviously in the minority so don’t make a decision to read this book or not solely on my opinion; read some of the other reviews.