This series just wasn't for me.

I wanted to like the h, Macey. In the beginning of the book, she seemed pretty awesome. But as time went on, she just made stupid mistake after stupid mistake. She got angry way too easily. She just became too much.

As for Dallas, honestly I had some trouble getting past him telling Macey (and I'll paraphrase here) "I'm not going to tell you not to cut your hair" (because I guess the author didn't want to make him totally a dick) "But women with short hair are women who have given up".

Evidently, if you like that cute pixie cut, have a career where short hair is easier or just really like how short hair looks on you, you've given up. What in the actual misogyny is this?

So, yeah. I think the author intended to make Dallas a "manly man" but he was often just a dick. I do kind of see what the author was going for with Dallas, though and I ended up at three stars because even with Dallas’ misogynistic tendencies, I do think he was intended to be sweet. And when he and Macey weren’t together for a time, he didn’t just go out and have sex with lots of women while Macey was going through some very traumatic stuff. So, big bonus points to the author for that.

I thought the story had a lot of potential. Had it been set up just slightly longer I think it would have worked very well. As it was we are given things so quickly that there's no buildup to who was after Macey and why. It was easy to see that her ex was sort of involved, and I think had we just had that part of the mystery, things would have seemed a bit more cohesive.

I still have a ton of books by this author on my Kindle. I have read several of the Dogs of Fire books in the past, and I don't remember having nearly as much trouble with them as I have with this series. I don't know if it's just a difference in the characters or the author changed her writing style a bit. I do plan on trying to get through those soon. I have a feeling that series will be more to my liking. Again, this one just wasn't for me.