NMmomof4's Reviews > Untraceable

3 Stars

Opinion Breakdown
The Good: The premise and the side characters.

The Not-So-Good: The ending and amount of closure for the couple.

The Bad: The romantic development and relationship.

Overall: This was just alright for me. I wanted a good suspenseful romance and I've had pretty good luck with Ms. Griffin in the past, so I thought I'd try out this new (to me) series. I was confused because while this is the first book in the series, I felt like I was missing something. This is because the mcs knew each other and referenced past encounters in their inner thoughts. Maybe in another series? I didn't realize this was a spin-off if that is the case. I actually didn't like that. It also made it so the relationship development felt lacking and only based on a few sexual experiences. Overall kind of meh 🤷🏻‍♀️

Brief Summary of the Storyline: This is Alex and Nathan's story. Alex is a PI that helps women disappear, however, one of the women went rogue and really disappeared from Alex. She reaches out to Nathan, who is a homicide detective, because she feels as though the missing woman was actually murdered by her policeman husband. Nathan is hesitant to call it a murder because there is no body nor any real evidence. Eventually they end up working on it together, lines get crossed and they start an affair, and there's some suspense going on...and they get a HFN ending.

Point Of View (POV): This alternated between focusing on Alex and Nathan in 3rd person narrative.

Overall Pace of Story: Good. I never skimmed and I thought it flowed well.

Instalove: Kind of because there wasn't that much development past sex.

H (Hero) rating: 3 stars. Nathan. I liked him but I also don't feel like we got that deep into his character.

h (heroine) rating: 3 stars. Alex. I liked her smarts and self confidence but I also was a little annoyed with her commitment-phobia.

Sadness level: Low, no tissues needed

Push/Pull: Yes (view spoiler)[the h pushes away a good bit and they both pursue the relationship at times (H more so) (hide spoiler)]

Heat level: Good. They have some good tension, chemistry, and scenes -- but not so much it takes away from the story.

Descriptive sex: Yes

OW (Other Woman)/OM (Other Man) drama: Yes (view spoiler)[ the H's ex causes some mild drama (hide spoiler)]

Sex scene with OW or OM: No, see cheating spoiler below

Cheating: Not IMO (view spoiler)[the H says in his inner thoughts that he kissed his ex wife (that he had an on-again-off-again sexual relationship with) but this was before he was with the h (hide spoiler)]

Separation: Yes (view spoiler)[They are separated shortly (even though I'm not sure if they were ever considered "together"), but there was no mention or suggestion of other partners during this time. (hide spoiler)]

Possible Triggers: Yes (view spoiler)[Violence/murder/domestic violence/sexual assault (off page) (hide spoiler)]

Closure: This ends with closure in terms of the mystery/suspense but not nearly enough closure for me with the couple. I would call it a HFN ending (view spoiler)[they share "ILYs" and discuss moving in together (hide spoiler)]

Safety: This one should be Safe for most safety gang readers
(view spoiler)[
- Does Not have cheating IMO (see above)
- Does Not have a descriptive sex scene with OW/OM
- Does have the h pushing the H away
- Does have a separation between the h and H
- Does Not have abuse by mcs
- Does Not have a HEA ending (hide spoiler)]