Some of it is plain weird (as if it is written for people who need extra explanations) and not everything involves Steele. Not everything is about misogyny and sexism and such. (view spoiler) [ Unless you want to be really annoyed, don't read these quotes. I lost count how many times she rolled her eyes.Īnd let me just leave a couple of gems here if nothing but to remind myself of the things I didn't like in this book. Unless you count the other two detectives (I would prefer their story to this), there was no real investigation.Īs for Shay Steele, his new partner, I thought she would have more of a backbone. You know, takes a lot of skill to stumble from one suspect to another accusing them of things until one of them says 'oh, you got me'. We are constantly told by him or others around him how great his deductive skills are. None of the things he says or does in the course of the story are funny or endearing. The first time he sees his new partner (he doesn't know that then) he calls her sweetheart. You know, it is very important how hot or old you are to get to the truth. Every woman he meets in this so-called investigation is first checked-out. There are many overbearing, impolite, hard characters, but not many are as this one. This book with its creep of a main character tries too damn hard that it is embarrassing at times. One of my favourite characters ever is a necromancer who doesn't really give a damn about his fellow man (an understatement if there ever was one). Even those you love to hate have to be written well. However, not everyone can write such characters. Now, I like urban fantasies with male leads. The mystery was lukewarm at best - one of those where the protagonists attack everyone except the person responsible. One of my favourite characters ever is a necromancer who doesn't really give a damn While reading this, I'd decided to wait and see if the plot would save it. While reading this, I'd decided to wait and see if the plot would save it. Search for it above or use the following link: /chsamebook. Book two, COLD HARD STEELE, is now available. This is book one of the Daggers & Steele mystery series. In a debut case teeming with fire mages, foundries, and a dead guy who's crispier than bacon, it's pretty clear Daggers isn't the only one getting a heaping helping of RED HOT STEELE. She's a powerful forensic psychic, and she's got sass oozing out of her boots. It seems like a match made in Daggers' imagination, but Steele's no pushover. So when his older-than-dust partner throws his back out on a goblin raid, his captain assigns him a new running mate-a sexy young half-elf by the name of Shay Steele. Detective Jake Daggers likes his murder investigations the way he likes his women-straightforward, easy, and with a killer body. Anderson, Wanderers by Chuck Wendigĭestroyed by Madeline Dyer, Order of the Lily by Cait Ashwood, Someday I’ll Be Redeemed by Kelly Blanchard, Burden of Solace by Richard L.Detective Jake Daggers likes his murder investigations the way he likes his women-straightforward, easy, and with a killer body. The Seekers by Cait Ashwood, Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco, Fragmented by Madeline Dyer Virdi, A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir, High Heat by Richard Castle No Safe Place by Mary Head and The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkinsĭangerous Ways by R.R. The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey, Bounty by Michael Byrnes, Forget Tomorrow by Pintip Dunn Jade and Jane by Rose Montague, Red Hot Steele and Cold Hard Steele by Alex P. Virdi, An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahirįloor 21: Descent by Jason Luthor, Dirty Deeds by Christy King, Station Breaker by Andrew Mayne, Transference by Sydney Katt Once a Crooked Man by David McCallum, Casino Royale by Sir Ian Fleming, The Juliette Society by Sasha Grey Untamed by Madeline Dyer, Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, The Martian by Andy Weir Virdi, Lunen: Triblood by Ahmed Al-Sheikhįloor 21 by Jason Luthor, Superhumanity: Superhero Short Stories by Andrew Gladman, Speaking in Bones by Kathy Reichs