Deadly Sting by Jennifer Estep
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I am giving this 3 stars because Jennifer Estep is an exceptional writer. The writing as always in fantastic, BUT most of this book takes place in one night. I don't like that. I like my books to span a little bit of time. These types of books make me feel that the character never truly gets anywhere. I call these, filler books. The whole book was pretty much the final act of a book. Exciting and fun, but overall left me feeling blah. I didn't really connect with Gin in this one. It all felt so rushed and there wasn't really a story for me. Just Gin saving the day in some bloody way; as per usual. I am tired of narrative at this point. Gin finds trouble, she kills everyone, she reflects, she obsessively counts, luck is a capricious bitch, and so on.... and so forth. At this point I think Gin should move to Fiji and take up woodworking. That would be more interesting.

So this is my overall feeling:

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I used to murder people for money, but these days it’s more of a survival technique.
Once an assassin, always an assassin. So much for being plain old Gin Blanco. With every lowlife in Ashland gunning for me, I don’t need another problem, but a new one has come to town.
Salina might seem like a sweet Southern belle, but she’s really a dangerous enemy whose water elemental magic can go head-to-head with my own Ice and Stone power. Salina also has an intimate history with my lover, Owen Grayson, and now that she’s back in town, she thinks he’s hers for the taking.
Salina’s playing a mysterious game that involves a shady local casino owner with a surprising connection to Owen. But they call me the Spider for a reason. I’m going to untangle her deadly scheme, even if it leaves my love affair hanging by a thread

I think I probably should have taken a break between reading the last book and this one. I was actually not as impressed with this one as I was with the others. Gin is having some problems with Owen, mainly the fact that Owen’s ex-girlfriend Salina is in town and she wants revenge on everyone who watch her father get murdered by Mab. Gin is hired by Phillip Kincaid to cater his party on a boat, but find out she was really just there to protect Owen’s sister Eva.  Salina is out for Phillip and wants Owen back.

I liked this book, but I just felt it was off character for Owen to act the way he did. I just was really upset with him. In the end of the book especially. Like I said I think I probably should have taken a break between this book and the last, because this one slugged along for me. The conclusion of the last book was just so good, it closed a lot loops that I felt were open. This one just created a new one. That is okay, but I just hope that this doesn’t turn into the Anita Blake books.

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