Half Cocked by Sybil Knight
Brilliant. This book is bloody brilliant (and brilliantly bloody). It’s 300 pages of fast-paced action and sex and done so beautifully that I want to grab ahold of strangers in the street and tell them about this book. So I’m talking about it on here, which is the next best thing.
Dani is a smart-alecked, crazy twenty-something who experienced a traumatic brain injury six years ago when her lover shot her in the head (not that she was wrapped real tightly before the TBI). So, yeah, she has trust issues.
When she knocks Connor out with one punch, he gets seriously hooked on her. Together, they’re on the run from Irish Mob bosses. He is along for the ride when she goes after them. Blood and destruction abound wherever Dani is. And whenever she’s with Connor, the zexytime is so hot, it’s like the surface of the sun. I could spend days rhapsodizing about his green eyes, and his skills at Visiting Australia (which is what I call it when a character Goes Down (Under). He’s also out to prove that he’s the one person she can trust to love her.
It was interesting to get glimpses inside Dani’s psyche. She is actually insane. And she earned that after enduring betrayal and the death of her entire family. Dani even gets these unfortunate blackouts when she’s stressed. Connor loves her for all she is, rather than in spite of all she is, and believe me, she is a lot. As a person who also dwells slightly south of sanity, who is also a lot, this totally gives me the feels.
Dani is no Damsel in Distress. She could totally be the Trope Namer for Badsass Heroine (yeah, I say words like Badsass and Zexytime because Amazon has a very liberal definition as to what constitutes profanity). She is also psychotic. But it’s strangely endearing. I found myself liking Dani for all she is, and Connor for his stubborn loyalty. Every character is layered and I can count at least two possible spinoffs and a sequel based on side characters.
What it’s taking me a long time to say is that I am absolutely crazy about Half Cocked. If you don’t mind hardcore, bloody (oh so bloody) graphic violence and you like Badsass crazy heroines, you’ll be as in love with this book as I am.
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