The Praetorian

I absolutely loved The Fabulist so I was hoping The Praetorian would give me that same feeling since it features another reality show but it unfortunately did not.

Rock star Roman Creed agrees to participate in a reality show to find himself a new body guard. The moment he sees Detective Reed Manning in her interview, he supposedly has an immediate reaction to her. I say supposedly because I felt zero connection between these two. Not one hint of a spark or anything. The show was to film over a two-week period and in that time the characters were already professing their love for each other even though they had spent only a few moments together. One of my pet peeves when I'm reading a book is when the author TELLS us that something happened instead of letting us experience that thing as it's happening. It's lazy writing in my opinion and this book had a lot of telling in it. I'm disappointed.