Ami's Hoard

Looking back at my rating/review for the first book, I concluded that this one was not as engaging as its predecessor. Despite the intriguing initial chapters, the story lost its appeal for me after I put it down (what, I need to sleep!)

I wonder if it was because Alec, as the hero, felt more Beta than Alpha man -- and I'm used to Alpha men in Romantic Suspense? I liked that Samantha, the heroine, was written as someone who was a hermit but not because she was shy or lonely woman. In fact, she was quite vindictive against spammers, with her books, her tips to avoid scams, her blog... She also a bit grumpy to Alec in the beginning and it was quite refreshing. But like I said, when they were together, I just didn't 'feel' it.

The mystery was nice okay'; the villain had potential. I definitely didn't figure it out so the reveal of the villain was quite well done. But the whole other chapters from Lily Fletcher, which clearly was written as a set-up for the next book was too distracting. I didn't really feel empathy towards Lily before and with her POV inserted here during some intense moments didn't exactly make me connected with her better.

So I read the first book four years ago -- and I will probably wait a bit longer before I start book #3