An Accidental Affair

by Eric Jerome Dickey

Obsession. Intrigue. Murder. New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey once again "pushes romance and deceit to the next level" (USA Weekend), in this tantalizing tale of a high- profile marriage rocked by an unhappy infidelity. James Thicke is a man whose mysterious past runs as deep as his violent streak. He's channeled the intensity of his soul into twin passions-success as a screenwriter, and marriage to movie actress Regina Baptiste. In the midst of filming his latest script, starring Regina and leading man Johnny Bergs, James receives a video of his wife caught in the most compromising of situations.Hours later, the clip of the on-set infidelity has hit the Internet and gone viral in the blogosphere and across all channels of social media. James responds to the affront by savagely attacking Johnny Bergs, and the spectacle has both the paparazzi and the police amassing at the married couple's estate. James goes on th

Genres: Fiction, African American, Romance, Adult Fiction, Urban, Drama, Relationships

400 pages, Hardcover

Published April 17, 2012

About the author

Eric Jerome Dickey was born in Memphis, Tennessee and attended the University of Memphis (the former Memphis State), where he earned his degree in Computer System Technology. In 1983, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in engineering.

After landing a job in the aerospace industry as a software developer, Eric Jerome Dickey's artistic talents surfaced, inspiring him to become an actor and a stand-up comedian. Yet Eric quickly found out that writing was something he could do and do well. From creative writing classes to avidly consuming the works of his favorite authors, Eric Jerome Dickey began to shape a writing career of his own. Having written several scripts for his personal comedy act, he started writing poetry and short stories. "The film work gave me insight into character development, the acting classes helped me understand motivation...All of it goes hand in hand," Eric explains. He joined the IBWA (International Black Writers and Artists), participated in their development workshops, and became a recipient of the IBWA SEED Scholarship to attend UCLA's Creative Writing classes. In 1994 his first published short story, "Thirteen," appeared in the IBWA's River Crossing: Voices of the Diaspora-An Anthology of the International Black Experience. A second short story, "Days Gone By," was published in the magazine A Place to Enter.

With those successes behind him, Eric Jerome Dickey decided to fine-tune some of his earlier work and developed a screenplay called "Cappuccino." "Cappuccino" was directed and produced by Craig Ross, Jr. and appeared in coffee houses around the Los Angeles area. In February 1998, "Cappuccino" made its local debut during the Pan African Film Festival at the Magic Johnson Theater in Los Angeles.

Short stories, though, didn't seem to fulfill Eric Jerome Dickey's creative yearnings. Eric says, "I'd set out to do a ten-page story and it would go on for three hundred pages." So Eric kept writing and reading and sending out query letters for his novels for almost three years until he finally got an agent. "Then a door opened," Eric says. "And I put my foot in before they could close it." And that door has remained opened, as Eric Jerome Dickey's novels have placed him on the map as one of the best writers of contemporary urban fiction.

Eric Jerome Dickey's book signing tours for Sister, Sister; Friends and Lovers; Milk in My Coffee; Cheaters; and Liar's Game took him from coast to coast and helped propel each of these novels to #1 on the "Blackboard Bestsellers List." Cheaters was named "Blackboard Book of the Year" in 2000. In June 2000, Eric Jerome Dickey celebrated the French publication of Milk in My Coffee (Cafe Noisette) by embarking on a book tour to Paris. Soon after, Milk in My Coffee became a bestseller in France. Eric Jerome Dickey's novels, Chasing Destiny, Liar's Game, Between Lovers, Thieves' Paradise, The Other Woman, Drive Me Crazy, Genevieve, Naughty or Nice, Sleeping with Strangers, Waking with Enemies, and Pleasure have all earned him the success of a spot on The New York Times bestseller list. Liar's Game, Thieves' Paradise, The Other Woman, and Genevieve have also given Dickey the added distinction of being nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literary Work in 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2005. In 2006, he was honored with the awards for Best Contemporary Fiction and Author of the Year (Male) at the 2006 African American Literary Award Show. In 2008, Eric was nominated for Storyteller of the Year at the 1st annual ESSENCE Literary Awards. In January 2001, Eric Jerome Dickey was a contributor to New American Library's anthology Got To Be Real: Four Original Love Stories, also a Blackboard Bestseller. He also had a story entitled “Fish Sanwich” appear in the anthology Mothers and Sons. In June 2002, Dickey contributed to Black Silk: A Collection of African American Erotica (Warner Books) as well as to Riots Beneath the Baobab (published by Inte

Reviews

[Tim · Rating 5 out of 5]

First class edit. All stories should be this tight and well crafted. Outstanding writer. This is an excellent novel! By the way, not for you if you can’t handle course language. 10 of 10 stars

First listen, 2012. Eight years later still stands the test of time.

[Jenny · Rating 2 out of 5]

An Accidental Affair is about James Thicke a screenwriter and Actress Regina Baptiste. An Accidental Affair followers what happens to James and Regina after pictures of Regina have sex with her costar on the set of James latest movie went viral. Readers of An Accidental Affairs will learn about how fickle entertainment industry is and how it can destroy people who are involved.

I did not enjoy reading the An Accidental Affair the story was weak, and it jumps all over the place. Also, I did not understand what Eric Jerome Dickey was trying to achieve with this story.

I do not recommend this book.

[Shh I'm reading! · Rating 2 out of 5]

Full disclosure: I am a former fan of EJD. I loved his earlier work, but started noticing a formula to his books that left me more frustrated than pleased when I finished. After Genevieve and Chasing Destiny, I swore I wouldn't pick up another EJD book, because he didn't have likeable characters and the vaguely incestuous relationships (everyone sleeps with everyone else!) were irritating. Fast forward 6 years, and his latest read is available as a Goodreads First Reads Giveaway. Has his style changed?

No and in this regard EJD fans should be well pleased. An Accidental Affair takes the glamour of Hollywood and exposes the seedy side by examining the effects of a sex scandal on a "loving marriage." The premise is fascinating and gets at those very real questions of how would you handle your life under a microscope? In this instance, a lot of screwing literally and figuratively goes on. I won't post any spoilers here, but the behavior of all of the characters (except for Driver and possibly Isabel) was petulant, selfish, and overdramatic. This is fine when characters are multidimensional, but they exhibited very little redeemable qualities. I wanted James and Regina to be together, but only so they can stay blissfully miserable and distrustful of each other.

Even though I hated the characters, EJD knows how to write a story and weave a plot with many twists, which helped me power through. If you can tolerate the loathsome power duo James and Regina, you are in for a treat. Several quips made me smile and with one I out and out guffawed (yes, you read right, guffawed). I really wished I could have given the book more stars because I'm reminded of how great EJD is with language; however, most of what makes me enjoy a book is actually liking the characters. When the only characters I care about play a bit role, the most enthusiasm I can scrounge is okay. If you are a true EJD fan you will be well-pleased.

[Monica **can't read fast enough** · Rating 2 out of 5]

This took way too long to finish because I just didn't care about the characters.

[Erin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Eric Jerome Dickey 1961-2021

Rest In Power King

This book was a chaotic mess.....

And I loved it!

An Accidental Affair is such a weird little book. For the first 100 pages or so, I had no clue what was happening. There were too many characters(y'all know that's a pet peeve) and the timeline bounced around too much. I thought this book was gonna be a 1 or 2 star read

BUT THEN!!!

But then the wheels completely fell off this bus and this book went careening off a cliff...in a good way.

An Accidental Affair reminded me of soap operas I use to watch back when I stayed home from school when I was in junior high and high school. Soaps like Passons and General Hospital. This book was giving me all those over the top vibes. And it was just the messy trainwreck of a story that I needed.

Eric Jerome Dickey is, was and will always be a legend in the Black literary community. My mom and my aunties read him just as I'm sure a lot of my fellow Black people's moms and aunties did. When I learned of his death it hit me harder than I expected. I mean I think this is only my 2nd or 3rd EJD book and I hadn't even thought about him in years...And yet the news of his death hit different.

So to end this meandering review I would say if you love EJD read your favorite of his books and if you've never read him then go pick up one of his books in his memory.

[Lashanna · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is by far one of THE worst books I've ever read! I have been a huge fan of EJD in the past do I couldn't believe what I was reading. The only reason I read as far as I did was because I usually always finish a book. In this case I couldn't continue on after page 300 so I ended up doing a high level skim of the last 30 pages. So what didn't I like about this book? To start, all of the incomplete sentences and thoughts in the book were just over done. I understand that he was giving us a look into the mind of the main character but I just wasn't won over by the technique. Secondly, the pace of the book was very slow and nothing of importance really happened until the 32nd chapter. Also there was nothing likable or endearing about the characters. They were all deceptive and selfish. Even the main character who did some really crazy things for the person he loved couldn't find redemption before or after the acts he supposedly did out of love. Also I think EJD's point of our world being overly exposed because we all always have a camera within arms reach was like beating a dead horse. I am so annoyed that I paid for this book!

[kisha · Rating 1 out of 5]

I am a person who is a die hard fan of EJD. But his last two books are soooo disappointing. Especially this one. Anyone who is a fan of the Gideon series like myself wouldnt enjoy this book. I have this thing where if I start a book I must finish it, but in this case I couldnt. I stopped a little past halfway. He is known for being a fast-paced writer and this book was sooo slow as it was boring. Even halfway through the book I couldnt figure out a good solid plot. He doesnt seem to do anything but have sex and it was soo overrated and annoying (and im a fan of erotica). The sex stories werent even timed right or relevant to the specific scenes. It was like....they'd be talking about a picture on the wall then all of a sudden face down you know the rest....I wish i wouldve got it from the library instead of purchasing it.

[Malika · Rating 2 out of 5]

Oh boy. Wanted to like this book. I'll prove it:

At 10% read, the book was 4 Stars for me.
By 50% read, the book was 3.
At 100% read, I'm down to 2.

I am continually impressed by the creativity of EJD. But the uber-fit, hard-brawling, well-endowed super-loverman shtick has inflated to a level where "bravado" dominates page upon page of text where there should've been plot.

I'll prove that one too:
You know the wife cheated by page 2.
James will have 3 sex partners, and an recollection of a 4th by page 180.
You won't "meet" the wife unti page 187.
And you won't know her reasons until 204.

Excellent technique to the writing, but only just "ok" in the end.

[Poetic Diva504 · Rating 3 out of 5]

The scenario in this book about Hollywood actors caught in cheating scandals and viral sex tapes made me curious. However, there’s a whole lot of telling versus showing that could have been eliminated altogether. The narrator was an over thinker, and most of the story was inside the main character’s head. This was a ten hour long audiobook that I DNF after 3 hours.

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

EJD is quite possibly a literary genius. He has a special way with words that really make you think while reading, read and re-read sentences 3 or 4 times over because they are just that astounding. This story was a powerful page turner. From the very first page he brought you into James Thicke's world; and what a crazy world it was. James Thicke, or part time "Varg Veum" was the most diabolically sane hero that I have read. He was really flying by the seat of his pants, but was secretly calculating in all of his actions. The things that were happening to him just made you say wow, and the things that he did to others were just explosive. Even though he was a mastermind, he was also a very passionate and pleasing man, and please he did over and over to the women in his life. Regina Baptiste, also a complex character. I don't know if I ever fully figured her out, but her actions that led to the total chaos in this book was literally straight from a movie. She just seemed like such a lost soul, that needed James Thicke for validation.

Overall this book was just absolutely superb. The level of writing is superior. I have been a fan of EJD since I borrowed Sister, Sister from the public library at the age of 17, and now 13yrs later he just never ceases to amaze me. His writing style has totally evolved from then, and he is just catapulted himself to another level. The break between this book and Tempted by Trouble was too long, so please don't keep us waiting so long for your next masterpiece.

P.S. Bring Gideon back soon...I miss him!

[OOSA · Rating 4 out of 5]

Don’t Believe Your Lying Eyes

It’s one thing for your mate to cheat on you and you have to deal with that hurt in private. It’s another thing when the world witnesses your mate cheating on you. Welcome to James Thicke’s world, a successful screenwriter married to Hollywood’s sweetheart. When a scene from an upcoming movie becomes all too real, James’ world is turned and flipped upside down. He can run, but not too far as the world is privy to his shame with TV, Youtube and social networking sites like Facebook. What’s a man to do when the whole world knows about your mate’s accidental affair?

Opened the book, got so far and thought, ‘This just isn’t doing it for me.’ But I pressed on and I’m glad I did. Eric Jerome Dickey is a beast with words! We meet and get to know James Thicke. We believe in him and invest in his character. We feel his pain. And finally, we…well you’ll just have to read the book.

Admittedly, the book was a little slow to start for my liking, but it did pick up. Once it did, it never slowed down. “An Accidental Affair” was a great read. The author does a masterful job of building tension. EJD has a way of piling detail upon detail until readers feel as if they were in the scenes as they played out.

I know people will complain. Folks don’t like the way his writing has evolved. *Confession* I, too, was stuck there for a moment a few years back. I liked what I was used to getting from Dickey and didn’t understand the need for change. The change was growth. I love to see an author grow and mature with their writing and EJD has done that and then some.

Reviewed by: Toni

[Chavon · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is by far the worse book I've read by EJD...and I have read all of his novels except Tempted by Trouble. I could not connect with any of the characters. Not to mention his lackluster descriptions. I have no clue what James looks like, or Regina and she is supposed to be stunning. The vague description he did provide, she sounded pretty average to me. Also, there were 3 grammatical errors in the book which I found a little shocking. And while the writing style remained the same (for the most part), the dialogue was over the top and unbelievable and just plain corny. Speaking of corny...Johnny Handsome. Really? That's the best name EJD could could come up with? The book picked up in action but it was too late. I also felt EJD could have done more with the Steve Martin character. Needless to say, I was disappointed in this book.

[Natasha · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was just okay to me because it took until disc 6/7 to really pick up (I listened). The first half of the story just seemed to be mundane and redundant to me and then the second half picked up and moved along quicker. I would have preferred to read more about the the scandalous accidental affair and those involved instead of reading so much of the husband transgressions that followed from him learning about his actress wife's affair. I think the book could have been shorter and I probably would have given it a better rating.

[R · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a forced reading...a book club selection. No literary worth whatsoever and no likeable characters really, but an easy & quick read nonetheless. I didn't care about any of the self-absorbed characters and I found myself praying for quick deaths for all of them, if only to make the book end faster.

After recently reading the 50 Shades trilogy, I can say that I much prefer sex scenes from a woman writer. Huge difference in perspective and EJD did nothing for me in this respect. In fact, I found myself skipping over much of that prose and moving on to the actual story line.

If this is your usual genre, then I imagine there will be something here for you. But I hope to not have to be subjected to this brain drain ever again.

[Dave B. · Rating 2 out of 5]

I always enjoy the Dickey writing style and his great one liners. My favorite quote: ‘I don’t allow people to pick my mind…..I don’t like the idea of fools going on expedition inside of my head” Great lines like this make the reading fun and easy. I also get the underlying moral of the story that a person’s life is very open when he or she is famous. The media overload adds more stress to very personal issues like marital affairs. This often distorts the situations in very harmful ways. With that said, I still thought the plot was fairly weak. There were no surprises or plot twist. The obvious suspects are actually the suspects and motivators are very 2 dimensional. I look forward to another Gideon series novel.

[Diane · Rating 3 out of 5]

I won this one on a first-reads giveaway. It has been years since I have read a book of this type, so I am probably going to date myself here . . . but this puts me in mind of books I used to read from Harold Robbins, Jacqueline Susann, or Jackie Collins. If you like books about the seedy side of Hollywood, and that have lots and lots of raunchy and random sex, this one is for you. This is a book about what people will do to get to the top and stay there. Literally everyone in this book is corrupt. Personally, this kind of book is not my cup of tea, but fans of this subject matter will likely enjoy it.

[Gail · Rating 1 out of 5]

If I could rate this less than 1, I surely would. Not much of a plot, close to pornographic in addition to poor grammar. I couldn't even finish the book - it was disgusting. I just finally skipped to the very predictable last chapter just to see what happened. Amazed me that he's the best selling author of nineteen novels. I thought this book was trash and would never read any more of his books. If you're into explicit sex scenes and constant foul language, read it. It was repulsive to me, and I'm not a prude by any means.

[Debra Odom · Rating 2 out of 5]

I struggled with reading this book simply because it was written by Eric Jerome Dickey. I did not enjoy reading this book. Will the real Eric Jerome Dickey please stand up! I really enjoyed his early writings. The last couple such as Pleasure and this one leaves me bewildered. I think that this book has the potential of being a really good read but for some reason I did not connect with the characters. I could not get a good picture of who they were. This may very well be the last book I read from Eric Jerome.

[Valerie · Rating 3 out of 5]

So this isn't my favorite EJD book. It has some good parts that make you lol and I can see where the author was trying to take us, but the wordiness and extreme bitterness of the male character made this book a little over the top. That being said, I did enjoy it, but it was just way too long.

[Robert Carraher · Rating 5 out of 5]

An Accidental Affair

Once again, Eric Jerome Dickey has written a genre bending, a genre ‘blending’ story that is chalk full of danger, intrigue, mysterious characters with shady motives, murder, intrigue, moral lessons and obsession. Oh, and there’s sex. Lots of graphic, erotic, steamy, sweaty, climatic earth quaking sex. But, as the main protagonist James Thicke cautions, “When they, anyone, only talk about the sex, that is a gross under-estimation of what the material is about, and that takes away from, the character and plot development.”

Dickey has a rare ability. Ernest Hemmingway in For Whom The Bell Tolls wrote one of the most erotic scenes in literature and didn’t use any “profane” language. Dickey does the opposite. He has the ability to write those scenes in text book, dirty magazine language and yet make it so natural that it would almost…almost, be right at home in a classroom. And he can pepper dialogue with ‘F’ words and make it seem as right at home as an amen in church. The ‘character and plot development’ are that good and the stories are told in such a gripping, suspenseful style that the sex scenes are just there so the reader can catch his/her breathe.

The story opens with one of the best first paragraphs I have read in awhile; “I dropped the .38 on the passenger seat, then sped down a damp Sunset Boulevard. Johnny Handsome was bleeding, limping, running, fleeing, his trek looking like a scene from a horror film. He saw my car coming and stumbled out of the streets before I could mow him down.” Right away the reader is forewarned, you are in for a hardboiled, fast ride.

James Thicke has just beat Johnny Handsome down in the street. Pulled him from his vintage Porsche 550 Spyder, just like James Deans, and beat him down for having sex with his wife, Regina Baptiste. This was no simple accidental affair. This sex was scripted, only it wasn’t scripted by James like the rest of the movie starring his wife, Regina Baptiste, the newest, sexiest female action star and Johnny ‘Handsome’ Berg, a thuggish scion from a gangster family, and the hottest male star in Hollywood. The scene was filmed with the entire cast present, and now it is on the internet. And James Thicke, the hottest script writer, but this was adlibbed on the set, and was too explicit for even an ‘X’ Rating. Now, Thicke, a man whose mysterious past has stayed buried as he channels all his energy into his two passions; being the best screenwriter around, and marriage to movie star Regina Baptiste. Now his violent streak comes to the surface as feelings of betrayal, revenge and murder come to roost in his heart.

But soon, even if his blood doesn’t cool, his mind, a mind that was sharp enough and determined enough to pull him from the ghettos of Europe to build a wealthy, privileged life, takes hold and shifts into damage control. Arriving at his estate, he finds neither Regina or her Bentley, but the paparazzi have taken up residence, so James calls his ‘driver’, a character from an earlier book ( Drive Me Crazy ) who is, appropriately called Driver. Driver packs up his opulent office and meets James at an anonymous, if not for very long, Downey apartment. As James moves in he meets a few of the nosey, and friendly residents and ends up befriending, one middle aged man, Mr. Holder who has a much younger lover. James confides his identity to Mr. Holder and helps him hide his car and maintain his alias with the other neighbors.

Soon, James is confronted by various female neighbor ‘ladies’ that fall into his bed, seeing him as the fresh and sophisticated man in their dull lives. He is quick to take solace in the quick, no holds, and no strings sex that is offered. He soon finds himself in small intrigues with married and attached women that he hasn’t the time for. After all, he must get his mind and his soul around the betrayal as well as dodge the paparazzi, the police , and maybe most importantly, the murderous Bergs who are bent on extracting their pound of flesh for having ruined Johnny Handsome’s face and reputation as a tough guy.

Dickey exposes the perils and seedy side of life at the top of the Hollywood food chain and explores the bigger than life as well as all to down-to-Earth problems of a high profile marriage rocked (and beaten and shot at) by an An Accidental Affair. James and Regina will discover that the price of celebrity is nearly as high as the price of redemption.

See the review at, http://the-dirty-lowdown.blogspot.com/

[Mike · Rating 2 out of 5]

1.5 stars.

I honestly don't know what to say about this novel. I think it may be best to file this under speciality for those who particularly enjoy reading smut.

My history with Eric Jerome Dickey is brief. I used to enjoy his dramatic love soap opera novels maybe fifteen years ago. Same ol' red kool-aid waiting to exhale type stuff. The drama involved with Love, Sex, Money, Respect and Power...nothin new.

Here it seems EJD has left this old framework and good for him. I can appreciate an author with a variety of interests and characters. The fact that the central characters were non-blacks and kinda violent means that EJD is comfortable enough with his writing that he can be someone else for a spin.

Unfortunately, despite the change in character profile it seems character development was forgotten. Not only that but being that this was written in first person, the reader should actually LIKE the main character, no? James Thicke was an arrogant asshole from the beginning and never changed. Where was the growth and understanding and self- realization ? Missing right along with the consistent plot.

I was hoping to call this an erotic thriller but it just wasn't thrilling and the eroticism isn't there when the random sex with strangers was so frequent. The violence was a bit over the top as is usually the case. But we're talking about an ass-kicking screenplay writer taking out gangs of men. More realistic in sci-fi

I was also embarrassed by the T-shirts these characters wore! Graphic t-shirts with phrases like "there are 70 ways to please a woman, flowers and 69". Silly shit my 14 year old nephew would think up. Seriously every character wore one that the author felt the need to exaggerate. Why? To substitute for the missing character descriptions?

0.5 stars with 1 Bonus star for the narrator. I forgot his name already but he was able to smooth over words like "coochie" and "cum" without much stuttering.

Not recommended.

[Shakir Rashaan · Rating 5 out of 5]

EJD is BACK!

I'll admit I purposely skipped Tempted by Trouble because a few other die-hard fans were really not impressed with that book, so bridging from Resurrecting Midnight to An Accidental Affair was perfect for me!

The fact that this book was rooted in Hollywood - not the glitz and glamour Hollywood, but the dirty, nasty, underhanded Hollywood - was an absolutely perfect backdrop for the types of things that went on in this novel.

James Thicke was yet another arresting character from EJD's Universe that I would not mind seeing a cameo from in a future work, and Driver... man, Driver... if I EVER make it to the big time, I want Driver to have my back, period, and that's all I'm going to say about that, you'll have to read the book to know what I'm talking about.

I'm glad he came back with something so powerful, and I'm happy that he will be back on the grind with the next project (no, I'm not saying what it is, you have to get the book)

Some other thoughts that are in my head:

I'll never look at post-it notes the same way again.

The slogans and phrases on the shirts were absolutely freaking hilarious!

The capture and essence of the Internet and social media helped drive this story in ways that not too many could have pulled off.

There's not much else that I can say without giving away the book in some way, so I will end this by saying:

GET. THE. BOOK! I can't say it enough... GET. THE. BOOK!

Shakir Rashaan, author of the Chronicles of the Nubian Underworld and Deviant Intent series

[Tiffany Tyler · Rating 5 out of 5]

There are plenty of books on the market that deal with a cheating spouse, but Eric Jerome Dickey puts a fresh spin on infidelity when James Thicke finds out his spouse his cheating along with the rest of the world on YouTube. James Thicke is an accomplished screenwriter married to actress, Regina Baptiste. Dickey writes a tale about how one man reacts when something that is only supposed to be an illusion actually happens.

Thicke is not the type of man to wait for the hoopla and hype to die down; he seeks revenge while the story is still front page news. Dickey writes of man that fights back hard and writes his story in such a manner that the reader can visualize the words coming to life. Dickey’s use of metaphors, his use of secondary characters and storylines, and his edge all contribute to an unforgettable adventure!

An Accidental Affair was an unpredictable and quick read. Eric Jerome Dickey is definitely in a class of his own when it comes to storytelling and writing a complete story. It’s refreshing to have EJD back on the scene!

Tiffany Craig
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[Ayanna Jennings · Rating 2 out of 5]

I marked "read" but the reality is I didn't get past the 9th chapter. Aside from the steamy sex scenes this book was filled with uninteresting drama. The character-build-up was weak resulting in unappealing and unappalling would-be dramatic scenarios. I think the author wanted an astonishing and shocking story line. Sorry to say it was nothing short of ridiculous.

[Kema Reads (a lot) · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am a BIG EJD fan, but I am not at all fond of the Gideon series. So this book seems to be the EJD I love! I CAN NOT wait to get this. Sounds like the perfect book for my mini get-away!!

[Brandi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Felt as if too much was going on. I'm not sure who Mr. Dickey's target audience is anymore it seems as if he's trying to please too many people at once.

[Kaskha · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was very disappointed in this book. There was just too much going on. I'm glad that I've read other books by EJD and I know that he is a great writer.

[Alicia · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book wasn't all that great. Honestly, all of his books are starting to be the same.

[C. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not what I expected

[Audi · Rating 2 out of 5]

Eh!