Pros and Cons
2013 • 28 pages

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Average rating4

15

I've been eagerly awaiting [b:The Heist 16169737 The Heist (O'Hare and Fox #1) Janet Evanovich https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1365249892s/16169737.jpg 22016392] since it was first announced – I'm a big fan of both [a:Janet Evanovich 2384 Janet Evanovich https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1308327981p2/2384.jpg] and [a:Lee Goldberg 67202 Lee Goldberg https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1337459962p2/67202.jpg], so when this short story prequel was released I couldn't resist. I probably should have found the will power. This, at best, was not bad. Amusing at times, but most of the humor felt forced. Even then, the humor was overly broad most of the time. Worse than that, the story was chock-full of exposition dumps that are almost worthy of Dan Brown.That said, I've read almost 30 books by these two over the years and have no doubt that the novels are going to be better. The primary characters – Agent O'Hare and scoundrel Fox, are promising and chock-full of potential. Sure, I'm a little less enthused about [b:The Heist 16169737 The Heist (O'Hare and Fox #1) Janet Evanovich https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1365249892s/16169737.jpg 22016392] than I was yesterday, but I'll get over that once it's in my hot little hands.Short version: Skip this tease, come back for the real thing.