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• Great Romantic Suspense

  By Zosia | see all reviews by Zosia

  09/02/2011

  This is the second book in Helene Youngs loosely-related suspense series set in northern Australia, and I liked it at least as much as the first.
  Though you can get by fine without reading Wings of Fear (previously titled Border Watch) first, Id really recommend reading them in order.
  
  When we met Lauren Bennett as a secondary character in Wings of Fear she was a beautiful twenty-something blue-eyed blonde who knew what she looked like and used it to her advantage. She was also a loyal friend, and a Border Watch pilot. But everything changed when her plane was shot down and her best friend, Gavin who she always planned to settle down with eventually was killed in the aftermath.
  
  Shattered Sky picks up a year later. Lauren is now a Captain for Border Watch part of the team who guard Australias borders. This job puts her in the path of Navy patrol boat captain Callam Granger, who was also Gavins friend, and who has made some unkind assumptions about the type of person Lauren is.
  
  I really liked the two lead characters in this one. Lauren is one of those people others want to believe the worst of, and she has to work harder to prove her worth. Callam was everything youd want in a romantic suspense hero, yet he was very distinctly Australian. They were two characters I believed I could run into on the street, and its so nice to come across that when the vast majority of the characters I read about live on the other side of the world. Lauren and Callams interactions sometimes emotional, sometimes sarcastic were great, and I liked that there was a lot going on between them and they couldn't just take off into the sunset together.
  
  The book takes us into the world of motorcycle gangs and illegal immigrants smuggled into the country to work as prostitutes. Both Lauren and Callam get drawn into whats going on, and the book builds up into one fantastic action sequence. I love that the author is actually a pilot and can write these scenes realistically. Youre not going to come across scenes like this in most romantic suspense, and youre definitely not going to come across scenes where you dont have to question the accuracy. Its great.
  
  Theres next to no romantic suspense set in Australia, and what little there is has a very different tone to what you get in North America. Often the romance is more subtle, and the suspense takes at least as an important a role in the story. Shattered Sky would work for all kinds of readers, as it covers a lot of genres. The Far North Queensland setting is completely different to anything youll find in other suspense books. I thought the author has a fantastic job of creating a distinctly Australian atmosphere for this series.
  
  I feel as though Ive been waiting forever for this book to be released, after reading Border Watch nearly a year ago. So I was very happy I enjoyed it so much and was not disappointed!

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• Great Romantic Suspense

  By Zosia | see all reviews by Zosia

  09/02/2011

  This is the second book in Helene Youngs loosely-related suspense series set in northern Australia, and I liked it at least as much as the first.
  Though you can get by fine without reading Wings of Fear (previously titled Border Watch) first, Id really recommend reading them in order.
  
  When we met Lauren Bennett as a secondary character in Wings of Fear she was a beautiful twenty-something blue-eyed blonde who knew what she looked like and used it to her advantage. She was also a loyal friend, and a Border Watch pilot. But everything changed when her plane was shot down and her best friend, Gavin who she always planned to settle down with eventually was killed in the aftermath.
  
  Shattered Sky picks up a year later. Lauren is now a Captain for Border Watch part of the team who guard Australias borders. This job puts her in the path of Navy patrol boat captain Callam Granger, who was also Gavins friend, and who has made some unkind assumptions about the type of person Lauren is.
  
  I really liked the two lead characters in this one. Lauren is one of those people others want to believe the worst of, and she has to work harder to prove her worth. Callam was everything youd want in a romantic suspense hero, yet he was very distinctly Australian. They were two characters I believed I could run into on the street, and its so nice to come across that when the vast majority of the characters I read about live on the other side of the world. Lauren and Callams interactions sometimes emotional, sometimes sarcastic were great, and I liked that there was a lot going on between them and they couldn't just take off into the sunset together.
  
  The book takes us into the world of motorcycle gangs and illegal immigrants smuggled into the country to work as prostitutes. Both Lauren and Callam get drawn into whats going on, and the book builds up into one fantastic action sequence. I love that the author is actually a pilot and can write these scenes realistically. Youre not going to come across scenes like this in most romantic suspense, and youre definitely not going to come across scenes where you dont have to question the accuracy. Its great.
  
  Theres next to no romantic suspense set in Australia, and what little there is has a very different tone to what you get in North America. Often the romance is more subtle, and the suspense takes at least as an important a role in the story. Shattered Sky would work for all kinds of readers, as it covers a lot of genres. The Far North Queensland setting is completely different to anything youll find in other suspense books. I thought the author has a fantastic job of creating a distinctly Australian atmosphere for this series.
  
  I feel as though Ive been waiting forever for this book to be released, after reading Border Watch nearly a year ago. So I was very happy I enjoyed it so much and was not disappointed!

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