Becker Circle by Addison Brae
Publisher & Release: Tirgearr Publishing, March 14, 2018
Time
and setting: Present Day, Dallas
Genre:
Contemporary Romance/New Adult/Romantic Suspense
Book
Length: 281 pages
Rating:
3.5 Gold Crowns
Book
Description:
New starts mean new rules.
Can she triumph through the challenges?
My boyfriend believed I was too gutless to leave. He was dead wrong. I graduated Harvard early and left his hot temper and everyone else behind for Dallas. Determined to make it on my own, I land a second job bartending at the neighborhood pub, smack in the middle of drama central, where almost every jerk in the neighborhood hits on me.
A week into the job, the neighborhood’s very popular drug dealer falls to his death a few feet from the table I’m serving. The cops say suicide, but the hot guitar player in the house band and I suspect foul play, and we intend to prove it. Digging deeper, we’re drawn closer to each other. Then we make a shocking discovery. We know the murderer.
My boyfriend believed I was too gutless to leave. He was dead wrong. I graduated Harvard early and left his hot temper and everyone else behind for Dallas. Determined to make it on my own, I land a second job bartending at the neighborhood pub, smack in the middle of drama central, where almost every jerk in the neighborhood hits on me.
A week into the job, the neighborhood’s very popular drug dealer falls to his death a few feet from the table I’m serving. The cops say suicide, but the hot guitar player in the house band and I suspect foul play, and we intend to prove it. Digging deeper, we’re drawn closer to each other. Then we make a shocking discovery. We know the murderer.
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I received an offer from the author to read and review her
debut novel, Becker Circle. The book description sounded interesting, so I
eagerly accepted her kind invitation. New adult is not one of my favorite
genres, but Becker Circle is a fine example and follows what I expect when
reading that genre.
The plot is excellent. I enjoyed the characters as well. One
thing I noticed, the story could have used smoother transitions from one
character/scene to another. At times, it was a bit abrupt, which had me
searching to catch up, so the pacing goes from slow to fast quite often.
At times, I really liked Gillian, but some of her
ill-advised decisions had me shaking my head. I would have liked to get into
her feeling and motivations on a deeper level. Normally, when a book is in
first person POV, that comes through. Unfortunately for me, that did not
happen. I kept reminding myself that this novel was New adult, so when the
romantic relationship took way too long to develop, I tried to be patient.
I did like Jon quite a lot. He certainly has patience with
Gillian when she takes off in a dangerous direction. Again, I wish I could have
gotten a better sense of his goals, motivation and conflict, but since the
author never gives his POV, it was difficult to truly fall in love with him.
The romance in Becker Circle is slim to none. It’s
well into the last 25% of the book before I could even figure out who the hero
was. This book isn’t truly a romance, even for New Adult. It’s more women’s
fiction with a small romantic element. True lovers of romance may grow
impatient waiting for something to happen.
Nonetheless, the story is enjoyable, and I’m sure other
readers will enjoy Becker Circle. The secondary characters are interesting and
added greatly to my overall enjoyment. I congratulate Ms. Brae on her debut novel
and wish her well. Happy reading!
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