I got my copy on Monday and so far I'm still reading. Now mind you I love Suzanne Brockmann's books and I usually read any book in a day but I've been savoring this one. I usually speed read through them and then go back and read calmly, but not this one...
I'm 3/4s into Into the Fire and I'm on the edge of my seat. Its a wild ride but its soooo worth it...
I love it so far. The characters are great and I love how she is slowly but surely tying up loose ends... she is not the type of writer that will just write a book and then, its done, you never hear from the characters again... I like that, i like knowing that in the next book I'm gonna find out how so and so is dong... They feel like actual people I've met and talked to, and that is one of the biggest reasons I love Suzanne Brockmann...
Her books are full of suspense and drama, love and laughter, real issues such as politics and current events. Including the war that is currently in the forefront of our news. She includes cultural information and cultural issues. One of her characters even drives a Hybrid. People die in her books and its not the type of death that is pretty but death is part of life. Guns are part of her world, pain, and hunger. The point is her world is not perfect, and I like that. Our world isn't perfect.
I love how she incorporates so many issues in her books, issues that shouldn't be issues, like bi-racial couples and homosexual relationships. Love is Love, people, get over it. She deals with rape and hate, very realistically. While I don't know first hand about rape I feel that she does a good job explaining it and helping us recover from it while her characters learn to live. Her characters suffer and sometimes you don't think they will recover, and sometimes you know they won't, but real life is like that.
Hate on the other hand is something everyone has had to deal with. I'm a Hispanic woman, and I've felt hate's wrath, but Mrs. Brockmann shows that while good can triumph over hate, it usually comes with casualties . She doesn't give us false hope that hate can be stopped forever. It can't, but she shows us that it doesn't have to overcome us and that gives us hope...
I'm not the type of reader that likes the paranormal books, no vampire or psychic romances, (well expect for Jayne Castle). I usually like to stay grounded. I do like historical romances, but i think its mostly because I'm fascinated with that period of time....
So if you're ever in a book store and you spot a Suzanne Brockmann book, pick it up. You won't be disapointed.
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