Unfortunately this main character was built up to be a 22yo club girl...which she just wasn't. So she has casual sex, but wait no then she says all her relationships are relationships, and knows what four clubs are called and gets in with the bouncer. None of these details went very far in making it believable. It would have been better to just let her be just a regular 22 yo. I really just couldn't reconcile the so-called character trait that the author wanted to give her with who she was in this book. It just felt not so much wrong as forced and tacked on. And who cares she spent less than one scene even in a club. Not sure why but that messed up the character that had been built and I just didn't really like the character for being a cardboard cut out of something else. Ok and the reason this bothered me so much was the weird rumination that she started having because the case included an attempted rape. She suddenly holds herself back from all males, even her friends/colleagues?! I mean seriously? It was uncomfortable for me because suddenly all men are this scary thing? It made no sense. And as someone who is supposed to be a club girl and bi and open sexually she can't suddenly be some timid prude because something that happens often, unfortunately, happened in this case? It made the character stupid and irrational. Also her interactions with the kids on the stoop were forced and again didn't sit well on the character. I mean telling these kids to eat their Wheaties? And if all males set off her rape fear why not these 14 yos too? I can also see the bad romance subplot coming. Not sure i think these two work together despite their magical current connection. After reading the first one, I went and downloaded this to my Kindle straight away. I wasn't disappointed, I wrote a short review of the other book, because I think this book is more indicative of what the author wants to do, and also it's just a better book than the first. It isn't as one-dimensional as the first, in that all the characters are given more space to develop and we get to see the 'Pack' interract in different settings which adds some variety to them just being in the office. My one quibble is the way the cases are handled, in that they never really follow them through to the end, it's sorta just taken out of their hands, and there are always a few loose ends that aren't tired up. This seems messy to me, but also, it a nice plot device because I guess it'll keep me reading. Bonita is a nice character to read, likable but not a paragon of amazingness that a lot fo women characters are often made to be (Anita Blake I'm looking at you). I'd recommend this series for people who like urban fantasy and fancy trying something different. :)
What do You think about Pack Of Lies (2011)?
Better than the first in the series. I think the author got all the description out of her system.
—grace
Second in a pleasant, if predictable, nicely written urban fantasy series for teens.
—Kiek
