"but just because you can survive alone doesn't mean you should have to."
I really liked the first Finlay Donovan book, so I was excited to finally get to the sequel. It was a silly, over-the-top, totally unbelievable but still charming comedy of errors. The sequel has a bit of its shine tarnished, though, as this is not an easy story to continue due to its premise alone.
Having survived the events of the previous book, Finlay is now on high alert because she's been warned that someone placed an ad for her ex-husband's murder. She cannot really warn him as he'd think she'd gone crazy so she tried increasingly frustrating things to keep him safe. Steven is getting angry as she doesn't want the kids to be with him - understandable from her POC but very, very anger-inducing and unreasonable from his.
Finlay is unraveling plots, getting involved with mob bosses and acquainting her self with a (very hot) detective and getting her freak on with a young law student. I didn't have as much patience for how over-the-top and downright silly this books was, compared to the previous one. All these men lusting after a divorced, messy and downright unhygienic mother of two? Please. And her just casually working with a mob boss - and him actually listening what he has o say... Come on.
So, yeah - sort of more of the same as in the previous book, but just turned up a notch and it's slightly grated on the nerves, to be honest,
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