The Bad Guy

by Celia Aaron

[Eve1972]

**The infamous review has returned! *lol* This is the EXACT review that was posted previously. NO changes have been made**



This cover is OK. The model is hot a sin and a good representation of the hero. The composition is OK. The BAD being off to the right throws it off a little. I think it would have look3ed better lined below THE and above GUY. That's just me though.

Sigh...this is going to be yet another review where I struggle with what to write. I was looking forward to this one SO much after reading DARK PROTECTOR Unfortunately this one fell WAY short of my expectations. The bones for a great dark read were all there. A psychopath kidnaps a girl, and she falls in love with him. That SHOULD be right up my alley. Alas, the execution just wasn't there. I was pretty much bored out of my mind from 35%-80% of this one. The back and forth let's make a deal stuff went on WAY too long. Because of that I never felt a connection between these two characters at all. Together they were about as exciting as watching paint dry.



Sebastian, I did enjoy for the most part, but he could have been SO much more. He is supposed to be a psychopath but Patrick Bateman he was not. I want to cry over how much potential this character had that just wasn't utilized. As for Camille, well let us just say I wasn't a fan. She annoyed the ever loving sh!t out of me. The secondary characters were OK, but again they felt underdeveloped. In fact, I guess that would be my biggest complaint about this one. Everything just seemed underdeveloped and then rushed at the end.

I guess I didn't struggle too much with what to write after all. *lol* I am just bummed that I didn't enjoy this one more. That said I still enjoy this author's writing in general and will continue to give her books a read.