Roadrunner : A Novel

Rating:
Summary: Good, But... needed more umph.
Review: Trisha Thomas' first novel, "Nappily Ever After", started off slow and got better along the way. Roadrunner, her second novel, was just the opposite.

This novel started off juicy. Angel Lopez, one of LAPD's "finest", comes into the life of Leah and Dell, "The Roadrunner" Fletcher by responding to Mrs. Fletcher's call of domestic violence. Officer Lopez had always idiolized The Roadrunner, one of the best baseball players around before falling on hard times due to injuries. For whatever reason, Officer Lopez takes matters into his own hands with Dell and becomes increasingly obsessed with Leah.

As the novel progresses, one can sense that there were many other ways that this novel could have been extremly interesting. Other chain of events that would have had you on the edge of your seat. There were the two Fletcher children, the adoring young son Josh and his high school sister Kayla. Both seemingly had developing roles which died down towards the end. There were even Dell's personal issues that came to light. This was very intriguing but did not contribute to the excitement of the climax.

All in all, this was not a bad read. Great plot but there should have been more action and a more convincing conclusion.

Rating:
Summary: Good, But... needed more umph.
Review: Trisha Thomas' first novel, "Nappily Ever After", started off slow and got better along the way. Roadrunner, her second novel, was just the opposite.

This novel started off juicy. Angel Lopez, one of LAPD's "finest", comes into the life of Leah and Dell, "The Roadrunner" Fletcher by responding to Mrs. Fletcher's call of domestic violence. Officer Lopez had always idiolized The Roadrunner, one of the best baseball players around before falling on hard times due to injuries. For whatever reason, Officer Lopez takes matters into his own hands with Dell and becomes increasingly obsessed with Leah.

As the novel progresses, one can sense that there were many other ways that this novel could have been extremly interesting. Other chain of events that would have had you on the edge of your seat. There were the two Fletcher children, the adoring young son Josh and his high school sister Kayla. Both seemingly had developing roles which died down towards the end. There were even Dell's personal issues that came to light. This was very intriguing but did not contribute to the excitement of the climax.

All in all, this was not a bad read. Great plot but there should have been more action and a more convincing conclusion.