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A review by lilyrooke
Risky Behavior by L.A. Witt
3.0
Rookie Detective Corliss is assigned to a notorious partner and tapped up by Internal Affairs to provide evidence Detective Ruffner is dirty. Andreas doesn't play by the rules and doesn't work well with others, but he's the best at closing cases, and Darren soon finds his moral compass spinning in a new direction.
Difficult book to rate. I really liked Andreas as a character. He just about manages to toe the right side of the 'asshole line', mostly because a lot of effort is taken to show his motivations and make it clear why he behaves the way he does. His vulnerability in opening up to Darren was lovely to read. I wish a little more had been done with Darren, and perhaps it will be later in the series. Despite the huge age gap (not my favourite trope but I think it does make sense for these characters - Andreas is absolutely not in his forties in terms of his emotional development), I was really enjoying the novel up until about the 3/4 mark, when it just became a bit too ridiculous, and the sense of threat collapsed. Incredibly experienced Andreas is meant to be extremely hardboiled and tough and cynical, so how did he not realise his family and young daughter would be in danger due to his actions? How did he not figure out someone would try to plant something illegal on him? He seemed to become deeply naive for plot reasons, which I dislike. So I guess that frustration limited my enjoyment and made me lower my rating.
I'll probably continue with the series at some point.
Difficult book to rate. I really liked Andreas as a character. He just about manages to toe the right side of the 'asshole line', mostly because a lot of effort is taken to show his motivations and make it clear why he behaves the way he does. His vulnerability in opening up to Darren was lovely to read. I wish a little more had been done with Darren, and perhaps it will be later in the series. Despite the huge age gap (not my favourite trope but I think it does make sense for these characters - Andreas is absolutely not in his forties in terms of his emotional development), I was really enjoying the novel up until about the 3/4 mark, when it just became a bit too ridiculous, and the sense of threat collapsed. Incredibly experienced Andreas is meant to be extremely hardboiled and tough and cynical, so how did he not realise his family and young daughter would be in danger due to his actions? How did he not figure out someone would try to plant something illegal on him? He seemed to become deeply naive for plot reasons, which I dislike. So I guess that frustration limited my enjoyment and made me lower my rating.
I'll probably continue with the series at some point.