Slade - Sarah McCarty

Hmmm…  unlike previous books, this one didn't have a whole lot to annoy me about - other than the non-ending that is.

 

I am a bit puzzled about the cover - that animal face alluded to in the corner - why does it look vaguely catlike?  There are no cat shifters here.

 

So the h is one of those research scientists writers like to write about - the ones so singleminded that it's not until they've made some grand breakthrough that the ramifications of their research actually sink in.  Oh crap; if this fell into the wrong hands…  The H, also in possession of a brilliant mind, isn't female so sees risks.  Of course, he also doesn't figure it out on his own so…

 

The car chase was interesting.  Also interesting to note that nobody is more than a day or so away from home.  Huh.

 

About the non-ending.  She's decided she wants to change, and she's halfway there already, so imagine my surprise when the epilogue is set maybe a day or so later, shredding/burning notes and shredding a computer.  That's not a HEA, and it's also overkill on the laptop - swap out hard drives and plop that one next to a strong magnet.  Problem solved.  Actually a good reformat would work.  You don't have to bury it in a 43 ft hole in the ground and burn all the clothes you might have worn at the time...