Riptide by Cherry Adair
1 Stars

Synopsis
Nick Cutter is doing the government a favor by helping them with a group of international diamond smugglers. However, things do not go as planned when Princess Gabriella Visconti comes on board his ship to get her brother's money back. Is she an innocent to be trusted or a spy to be disposed of?

Review
Seriously disappointing - took three attempts to get to the end and only because I'm interested in the next book.

The main characters are completely unlikeable. Nick's coldness is never sexy and he is unnecessarily cruel and malicious at times (particularly toward the end). Even though Bria is not supposed to be a spoiled and uppity princess, she comes across as one nevertheless. While they do have chemistry, it comes across as forced and contrived.

The plot is simply idiotic with far too many things going on and the villain is an absolute caricature. The worst thing about the book, however, is the stilted and cliched writing. Who uses the phrase "girl parts" to describe a woman's genitalia? I'm really surprised at this because Adair's writing is usually much better.

Hopefully, Logan's book will be better. ( )

For the most part, I liked the romance. The h/h seemed to fit together well.

What I didn't like was how the entire plot is based on the heroine being dumber than a box of hair. Which perhaps is a bit harsh to say, but she's shown being reckless, impulsive and completely incapable of thinking things through, and there's really nothing to counterbalance that.

While I'm not completely opposed to having a dumb heroine (even though it's not my favorite thing), I am opposed to having, as I said, the entire story based on her unending series of poor choices. Because at a certain point, I just wanted the author to give her a Darwin Award and be done with it. ( )

What I Loved
Another Cutter Brother
I do love it when books follow a set of siblings and each book features the next sibling. These Cutter men are so delicious, ripped, tanned, dark hair and have these amazing blue eyes.
Nick aka Spock: Yes he is nicknamed Spock because he lack of emotions and cool exterior. I personally like him a little more than Zane (the brother from bk 1 Undertow), Zane is a fun guy but I really love the broody type that likes to keep their emotions very controlled. Nick also has some other really amazing talents and he does some undercover work as well too due to his ability to place accents and speak like 6 languages. What a man!!
Bria aka Princess Gabriella: Where Nick is cool Bria is fiery. She is a very fun character a little vixen that is use to getting her way, but she also knows how to kick some ass when she needs too. Not a little whiny princess at all, she can take a few punches and deal with it all.
Romance
Oh Cherry, boy can she write some amazing steamy scenes. These two are amazing for each other and the provide a lot of entertainment with just their interactions with each other.
Action
Along with the bedroom action there is plenty of near death action, bullets flying, rocking falling and blood diamonds.

What I Didn't Like
. . . I still can't think of anything.

Recommendation
Second book in the series of romantic suspense. Must read ( )

If you like to read romance that includes some adventure and action then don't miss Riptide! It's book 2 in her Cutter Cay series which is about a family that hunts deep sea treasure from wrecked ships and of course includes a danger element of illegal diamonds being transported on board with bad guys in pursuit and a princess. Who doesn't want to be a princess, at least for a day? I really enjoyed this book and I think you will too if a good romance read with some danger is your forte. ( )

I really enjoyed it. It's nice that you find out who the 4th brother is. I'm not sure I agree with how the author has thrown T-flac into the series. Why can't it be a stand alone series separate from the T-flac? I'm already for the next brother in the series. I'm also ready to find out if the Sea Witch captain is a sibling too. ( )