For a breath of fresh air, try Bad Behavior. If you're tired of reading about journalists / girls working in the publishing industry and cliches about really rich love interests, Bad Behavior provides just this. (Unlike the superhuman leads of recent times, our hero is not rich with ten thousand abilities; he's macho but cried in the first few chapters - so human, so sexy!)It's about a former pyschologist who has just been released from prison on parole and a Mafia's son who had also just been released from prison on parole. Both had been victims of circumstances when they ended up in jail, and both vowed never to return to that life. Trouble, is our heroine happened to have had liaisons with our hero's brother, and our hero's mafia dad looms like the phantom menace in the background. It's a juicy story that hits the accelerator as early as page one and doesn't stop until the end. Being a pyschologist herself, Jennifer Lane gives a vivid portrayal of life in that career - which I can say is a real pull factor given all the books of girls in the media. In short, Jennifer Lane is a terrific author to look out for. 3.5Bad Behavior is a prime example of why I dislike taking review requests. Not because Bad Behavior is bad--it's not, not at all--but because I drag my feet when it comes time to read and review. (Sorry, Jennifer!) And I'm sure that the only reason I didn't enjoy this book as much as the first is because it was a review request. Because review requests = obligations = not as fun. So it goes.If you thought Sophie's and Grant's adventures were over and done with after With Good Behavior, you were wrong. Though certainly not over, the suspense factor in Bad Behavior is toned down, waiting until the very end of the book before the action kicks up and we start worrying for the characters. The ending, though? I like where it's going to take the characters. There's hope for them yet.I'm torn about how I feel about the psychologist aspects of Bad Behavior. That Sophie and Grant work on building healthy relationships with each other and their respective families was something that belongs in more books. But it did turn into a psychology lesson every now and again, which wasn't what I was looking for at the time. Sometimes even I need to turn my brain off. Crazy. But true.But if you've read With Good Behavior, you'll want to see how Sophie and Grant fair in this installment. I had some eyebrow-raising moments with these two (Grant more than Sophie), but it was an enjoyable read nonetheless.
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Love love love ! Oh my gosh ! So good !!
—lesmiscrossfish
