Title: The Real Finn
Author: Hollis Shiloh
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Novella (118 pages)
ISBN: B00IKZTRWY
Publisher: Spare Words Press (February 21, 2014)
Heat Level: Low
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥3 Hearts
Reviewer: Cat
Blurb: Who is the real Finn?
Shad isn’t happy about working with a partner undercover. He doesn’t do partners, and now he’s stuck with this guy named Finn. But Finn is so many different people. He can become anyone for his work. Which is the real Finn—the frightened pretty boy, the arrogant little bastard, or the friendly, humble guy who laughs at Shad’s jokes?
Shad also doesn’t hook up with anyone. He’s been burned before and now only wants a trustworthy partner in a committed relationship. Unfortunately, he’s falling for Finn….
Then life takes an unexpected turn. Shad ends up in a relationship with Finn that should be all he’s ever wanted. Except for the sex. It takes time for Finn to heal enough to go to bed with him, and even then, it feels wrong somehow, as if he’s not really there. But why?
Danger draws close, and secrets come out—secrets Finn never wanted to share. Is there still a way to make the relationship work? Shad needs to find out just as much as he needs to protect the man he’s come to love. The man who might be in terrible danger….
Purchase Link: http://www.amazon.com/The-Real-Finn-Hollis-Shiloh-ebook/dp/B00IKZTRWY
Review: The Real Finn is a sweet romance with mystery and intrigue. Throughout this story, we follow along as Shad tries to figure out who the real Finn is. He falls in love with the man, his partner undercover, rather quickly, but wonders how much of what he sees is real or an act. Shad tries his best to comfort Finn and is shocked by his request after their first undercover mission together. (I can’t say what it is, since it would be a spoiler.)
Finn is a very complicated character. He is so good at acting and becoming the undercover character even he isn’t sure who the real Finn is. I can’t really say I ever got to the point of liking Finn. I found him a bit wishy-washy and a user. I never really connected with the characters and I felt the story moved a bit fast.
The story was very interesting. I liked the flirting between Finn and Shad. I also liked that there was the undercover story and the other attached mystery, but I felt the undercover mission needed to be fleshed out instead of told to us in little drops over the next few chapters. If the undercover mission had been drawn out, more I think the story would have been much better.
All in all this is a very interesting romance with complicated characters and a sweet romance.