Vendetta (Nikki Boyd Files, #1)

by Lisa Harris

I was never going to love this. I always find Christian fiction a bit too preachy for my tastes. That said, I've read Lisa Harris' Southern Crimes series and that was alright.

Vendetta though was a long boring ride. The characters were flat and whiney. I get that they're grieving - but I don't want to read 300+ pages about how they lost people. And how they can potentially lose everyone else. There was just way too much death and not enough happiness. It was flat out depressing.

On top of that was lacklustre romance - because really she's in love with her dead best friend's husband (who's only been dead for a year - I hate that plot at the best of times but a year?) - which was overlaid with guilt, timidness and lots of second guessing.

Plus I expect my badass cop character to be somewhat badass. Nikki doesn't seem to be particularly competent at her job. From the hostage situation she panics in (the first one to clarify with the knife), to the ending where she leads the bad guy to a group of people who end up shot (well one, but one too many).

I bought the second book but I'm already regretting it - I doubt I can bring myself to read it. I'd rather go read Tracey Crosswhite. 1.5 stars.