Prey: A Novel
Prey is the latest from Linda Howard. Being one of my favorite authors, I couldn't wait to listen to this one. While I liked it, I didn't love it. As far as the romance goes, Angie and Dare are great characters and I loved their relationship. I enjoyed watching Angie realize that she does love Dare. For once it is the woman who is unsure and not the man. The banter between the two was enjoyable. One thing that was missing for me was more back story on Dare. The reader doesn't really get to know a whole lot about him. The other thing that was missing was a really great love scene that I know she is capable of writing. The only one in this book was missing a lot of steam.As for the rest of the story, you know who the killer is right away. I found the scenes from the killer's point of view to be annoying and not really necessary. I didn't really care who he killed and why. I also didn't care for the scenes from the bear's perspective. I thought that was pushing it a little. The suspense could have been better had the bear remained an unknown entity until the end. There were some fast paced action scenes that I enjoyed, but beyond that it fell flat for me.
