USA Today bestselling author Megan Erickson doubles the suspense when two intense and sexy heroes are drawn together in her thrilling Wired & Dangerous series. When his boyfriend is murdered, Erick Lee makes it his life’s mission to hunt down the killer. The question is, how far is he willing to go to catch him? Erick has been asked to team up by a dangerously captivating hitman who has … captivating hitman who has reasons of his own to want this man dead. But can he trust another killer? And do two wrongs ever make a right?
Everett “Tarr” Hawk isn’t just some lethal hitman. He has his own code of honor. With Erick and Tarr facing a common enemy, it’s only by combining forces that they’ll survive. But Tarr’s code doesn’t include a fierce attraction for someone he’s sworn to defend with his life. Because in Tarr’s world, every night presents a new danger . . . and listening to his own heart could get them both killed.
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Original review: https://myshelfbooks.wordpress.com/2019/03/17/final-day-megan-erickson/
I was looking forward to read this book. Erick is, in my opinion, the most enjoyable character of this peculiar group of hackers who barely hack. I was a bit sad to learn that he was not getting a full book, just a short novella. It was good, but I still have room for seconds… or thirds…
As I said, this short book follows the misadventures of Erick, Wren’s brother from the first book. After being saved by the mercenary Tarr, the hacker is way too much interested about the killer for hire. They do not like each other very much, but they have to join forces in order to save Tarr’s family.
One of the main reasons I was expecting this book eagerly was the fact that Erick is a lot of fun. He is witty, nerdy and good humored; which are the perfect ingredients for a nice round of banter. It is even better when the one recieving the lippy treatment is a serious, taciturn guy. The dialogs between Tarr and Erick during the first chapters are pure gold and the main reason of the high mark I have granted to the story. Those made me smile from ear to ear and that means the world to me when I’m reading.
The only good consequence of being such a short book is that it is action packed. There is almost no rest for the characters. Their constant runnig for their lives grants the book with a lively pace that is not very common in the Romance genre. Sometimes, in order to achieve a good romance, the author has to sacrifce the action or the other way around. In this case, both sides of the coin get their time in a very natural way.
But even though everything is great, the length of the book left me begging for more. The couple needed more time to blossom. The story needed more time to move the pieces together. And the ending… well, it’s not bad. Just a bit uneventful. They were in a really bad situation in one paragraph and in the following one everything is peachy again. Too easy.
The saga is far from over and I have a terrible feeling that it has been dropped. Not only because it is pretty weird that one of the most important characters gets such a short book. It’s also because the paperback version was cancelled and no new titles for the saga has been announced. Not good omens in the Romance world…
I’d been dying to get a deeper look into Erick since first introduced to him in Zero Hour and Darkest Night. I knew there was so much more to him underneath the brooding, grieving man. His connection to Roarke and Jock were well known, but I wanted to get further inside his head, learn more about the man. And I was not disappointed!
I loved the snarky, fun connection with Tarr! Their prickly behavior only served as foreplay to a sexy, smart relationship. I loved Erick’s sense of humor—and Tarr’s when he finally exposed it! Their romance was quick and lovely, and I was so happy to see their happily ever after come through!
Final Day is an exhilarating adventure of a read with an explosive romance. Erick and Tarr are two strong, sexy characters that have a magnetic pull and sizzling chemistry that draws them together while also drawing readers into their story. The romance between these is one rocky battlefield as they fight their attraction for various reasons which keeps the emotions rolling and the relationship stays tense with lots of snarky and cutting dialogue, but the attraction won’t be denied which leads to some scorching hot passion that singes readers with its heat.
The story starts off with a climatic events that gets the adrenaline pumping and the fast paced and smooth flowing plot continues to escalate in thrills and excitement keeping readers on the edge of their seat. The Wired and Dangerous crew keeps getting more intense and exciting and Final Day can be read as a standalone and definitely lives up to its predecessors so readers won’t want to miss any of this explosive and edgy world.
Megan Erickson’s Wired and Dangerous series is fast paced and intense and Final Day is no exception. This installment keeps you breathless from page one.
I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this novella.
3.5 stars–FINAL DAY is instalment 2.5 in Megan Erickson’s contemporary, adult WIRED AND DANGEROUS romantic suspense series focusing on a group of computer hackers and coders. This is thirty year old computer hacker Erick Lee, and mercenary for hire /hitman Everett ‘Tarr’ Hawk’s story line. FINAL DAY can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary. Erick Lee is Wren’s brother –Zero Hour Book one.
NOTE: FINAL DAY is a M/M story line and romance with same-sex scenarios.
Told from dual third person perspectives (Erick and Tarr) FINAL DAY follows the building relationship between thirty year old computer hacker Erick Lee, and mercenary for hire /hitman Everett ‘Tarr’ Hawk. Erick Lee is desperate to take down the person who murdered his boyfriend but he never expected to find himself owing a hitman for his own protection. Forced to work together when Tarr’s sister and her family are threatened, Tarr and Erick take up residence in Maine in order to protect the people Tarr loves. What ensues is the building but caustic relationship between Tarr and Erick, and the potential fall-out as Erick is caught in the cross-fire of a vendetta meant to destroy the man with whom he would fall in love.
Erick Lee struggles to overcome the murder of his boyfriend, and Roarke’s brother Flynn, a murder he is hoping to avenge but Erick is neither a killer nor a spy, and finds himself battling his way out of a sticky situation. Everett ‘Tarr’ Hawk can’t believe his run of luck or bad luck when he discovers Erick Lee hanging from a building as he attempts to hide from a local gang. On the run, trying to lay low, Erick and Tarr find themselves together when Everett’s sister and her children are once again, forced to hide because of the Tarr’s dangerous life.
The relationship between Tarr and Erick is one of immediate attraction but Erick struggles with Tarr’s lifestyle, that of a hitman for hire, who may or may not consider the who, how and why of the people he kills. The back and forth, yin and yang of sexual attraction is heightened as our couple are forced together to protect Tarr’s family, and ultimately Tarr must protect the man that he loves. The limited $ex scenes are intimate and passionate, without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.
The secondary and supporting characters including Roarke and Wren (Zero Hour #1), and Everett Hawk’s sister Everly, and her children Cooper and Olivia, as well as Erick’s very colorful friend Trig. The requisite evil has many faces.
FINAL DAY is a story of family and love; vengeance and retribution; second chances at a happily ever after. The premise is fast paced and entertaining; the characters are spirited and lively; the romance is fast and furious. The ‘hacking’ elements are limited; we are not privy certain details including Erick’s connection to Trig, or the how, what and why of the equipment Trig supplied.