Kayli is a thief, who makes sure never to steal from those who can spare a little cash, and she never steals from women or children. All she wants to do is protect her little brother and get him into college so she doesn't have to worry any more. When she meets some mysterious guys who want her help to stop a guy from his illegal activities, she wants to help make the world a better place. But will they be able to stop him in time?
This book had a lot of potential. It was a bitter disappointment. Kayli may be a thief with morals, but she has no depth and shows no growth or development. She is the same on page one as she is on page 339.
I have to question the sanity of a girl who will put herself into a car with guys she just met, even if she is a fictional character. I would like to think I would have been a little suspicious of their motives, but she just jumps in and doesn't have a clue where they want to take her. Or do to her.
She also doesn't hesitate to have intimate encounters with four guys in as many days- including the villain of the story. She's so distracted by a pretty face, she can't seem to turn any of them down. She also manages to string along the rest of the male cast for the entirety of the story.
Her brand of flirting is everything I would hope isn't actually done in real life. She hits guys, and then complains when they dare attempt to get her back. She vocally disdains girls who play the coquette, but she masterfully does the same any time she has a chance. She also hates it when girls are helpless, yet she plays that card several times too. I particularly detested her ruminations on why physical violence gets her libidinous thoughts flowing.
She also can't control her temper at all. She shoots a guy with a nail gun just because he irritated her. Did he seem to mind? Not really. As soon as he was released from the hospital, he was kissing her again. She ran away from the team of guys who was supposed to be keeping her safe, straight into the lair of the bad guy, to whom she then gave away every single secret of the group working to take him down.
My biggest issue with this story is its lack of just that- story. There are 300 pages of Kayli flirting, making out, and telling the reader why she's not ready for a relationship. There are about nine pages of actual story. When I finally got to the real action of the book, it was so anticlimactic it was almost laughable. All the sexual tension dragged throughout the entire book made me even forget what was really supposed to be happening.
I don't even want to know what happens in the next installment.
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