Not as strong as others in trilogy

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	• The Kill: A Novel Allison Brennan Ballantine Books, 2006 - 416 pages average customer review:based on 14 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Generic and Predictable

This is the third book in the trilogy, and I found all of them to be generic and predictable. The plots are like Lifetime Movies. They aren't awful, but they are certainly not unique. I should have given it two stars.

Not as strong as others in trilogy

I read both The Prey and The Hunt (this book's predecessors), and found them to be above average thrillers. I enjoyed them enough to eagerly pick up the The Kill to see how the trilogy would end. However, while the plot description sounded like it would make for another fast paced read, this one was surprisingly slow.

Aside from it being slower paced than the other two, I was also disappointed by the similarities in her plots. It wasn't until I'd read the third and looked back at them as a trilogy that I realized it was sort of like reading the same book over and over. Each story centers around a woman with a very tramautic and violent past. As a result, the woman becomes a jaded adult afraid to let anyone in. Enter hero who falls for the woman's crusty exterior and teaches her to love. All three stories also make an attempt with a back-up love interest, making for luke warm love triangles. This in itself is not bad, but by the third story, lack of originality was disappointing.

I too agree with the reviewer who criticized the errors. I don't consider myself too much of a stickler for accuracy and don't go out of my way to look for errors, but being from Seattle myself, I couldn't help but notice the glaring inaccuracies of this book. Not that they really affect the story as a whole, but they do signal a lack of attention by the author/editor.

Overall, this wasn't a horrible read. I did finish it, and was mildly interested to see how it would end. However, it's definetly a "take it or leave it" kind of novel. If you're dying to finish off the trilogy, this isn't horrible. But if you've never picked up Brennan before, read The Prey and The Hunt instead.

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Love this author

I absolutely love the way this author keeps you riveted until the very last page. I can't get enough of her.

Good Finish

I agree with the previous reviews in that this one moved a little slow and took a little longer to read. I am not from Seattle, actually I have never been there, so the apparent errors in geography did not effect my enjoyment of the book. I still think it's worth the purchase price and will continue to read her work.

What I Expected

After reading her first two books, I knew what to expect with the third and wasn't disappointed like some of the other reviewers. I like the fact that the romance isn't in your face or contrived but the attraction slowly works up to believable results. Good plots in all three books - yes, they're similar but I find no fault with that. Olivia and Zack were both very likeable. My favorite is still the first in series. Looking forward to her next three books.

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Her worst nightmare brought back to life, she risks everything for a second shot at justice.

For thirty years, FBI scientist Olivia St. Martin has lived with guilt and one abiding certainty?that while she wasn?t able to save her sister?s life, she did testify and helped to convict the rapist and killer. When shocking new evidence exonerates the man Olivia is sure she saw abduct her sister, she breaks every rule in the book to uncover the truth.

Driven by the possibility that she put the wrong man behind bars, Olivia discovers that a serial killer has been at large all these years. Believing that the monster has just struck again in Seattle, Olivia leaves her lab and poses as a field agent, sharing her unofficial investigation with a hardworking Seattle cop. Olivia doesn?t want to lie to detective Zack Travis. And she certainly doesn?t want to fall in love. But as the investigation intensifies, Olivia and Zack find that they?re rapidly losing control?over their hearts, their secrets, and a case that threatens to consume them.

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