No worries, I am NOT stopping my reviews of sports books. But as I note in the review, at times one just has to read something outside the usual genre. So I did that and it was so good, I wanted to post it.
Title/Author:
“Too Late” by Colleen
Hoover
Rating:
5 of 5 stars (outstanding)
Review:
This review is for a
book that is way out of my usual fare. Readers of my blog or followers here or
Substack know that I write reviews on books about sports. I don’t recall seeing ANYTHING about ANY
sport in this book. But as any bibliophile
knows, sometimes you just have to pick up a book that is not your usual type to
cleanse the palate. Wanting to find a
good psychological thriller for that cleansing I wanted, I decided to go for
one by one of the hottest authors lately, Colleen Hoover. Boy, was I pleased with that selection.
Without going
too far into describing the story, it is part love triangle, part drug
trafficking and part mind control. The
main characters are Asa Jackson, a notorious drug dealer who falls in love with
Sloan. Sloan is a college student who
had to take care of her younger twin brothers on the spectrum. One tragically died during a seizure; the
other is in a group home that was paid by the state. Sloan went to Asa for help when the funds
allegedly ended (I use “allegedly” because that’s important to the story) and
she slowly fell under Asa’s control.
Then comes Carter, who is working undercover to put an end to Asa’s drug
ring. There is an unmistakable
attraction between Carter and Sloan and this puts both them and Carter’s
mission into danger.
The goal was to
enjoy a book outside of what I usually read – mission accomplished. I finished it in one sitting, something I
very rarely do. I was so impressed with
the character development of not only those three, but even for some of the
minor characters like Stephen, Sloan’s brother who lives at the group
home. The scenes of when Carter and Sloan
are together and the former is trying to calm down the latter are just a small
part of how well this story is told and what draws a reader into the
characters.
One thing that
I will try to learn more is that since I will be reading more of Ms. Hoover’s
work now that my first book from her is one I really enjoyed is if her work
usually includes graphic sexual scenes and foul language like was in this book.
It certainly doesn’t bother me, but in the introduction, Ms. Hoover notes that
these could be triggers so it made me wonder if this is something that is not
usually in her books or she has that warning for all of them. Regardless, when I need to take a break from
sports books, this will be a go-to author for me.
Link: https://www.amazon.com/Too-Late-Definitive-Colleen-Hoover/dp/1538766248/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0
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