Criminal Gold

Exceptionally good writing - for a lesbian genre book. I liked that it's not romance. I also liked that it drops you right into the story not really setting up anything though it also had its drawbacks. The driver Cantor is driving to save - obviously she cares about her a great deal but I as the reader couldn't care enough to remember her name. The characterizations of Cantor and Opal - who are the primary focus of the book were really good however. The book is set in such a short timeframe and you see basically their thoughts on eachother shift and change in real time. The only thing that really bothered me was that I really didn't need to hear about how hot Opal is every page. I don't even think that's an exaggeration, it certainly doesn't feel like one. I know it's the whole noir thing but come on.

(tw for rape at the very start of the book you will see it coming - it is cantor remembering something she witnessed - and it doesn't last long but I still would have rather known it going into it)