I went back and forth for a while between 2 stars and 3 stars for this one. 
 On the one hand, I liked the story. I like Ellie's badassness and I like Camden's sexiness and I like Javier's sleeziness. But I just could not get past all of the grammatical errors. Maybe if the book hadn't been professionally edited, I could justify it. Maybe if Karina Halle didn't have an agent, I could justify it. But it was, and she does. And so I am disappointed. 
 Let me give you some examples of incorrect grammar. 
 Ex #1. After the shower I contemplated putting back on my jeans and stained T-shirt when a morbid thought crossed my mind. 
 There are several things wrong with this sentence, but let me point out the first and most obvious. The missing commas. There should be a coma after shower and T-shirt. Secondly, the entire sentence is structured incorrectly. It should read as follows: 
 After the shower, I contemplated putting my jeans and stained T-shirt back on, when a morbid thought crossed my mind. 
 Ex #2. I flatted up against the counter wondering if a coffeepot to the head would be my way out of this. 
 Again, missing commas, and I'm pretty sure that flatted is supposed to be flattened. 
 I flattened up against the counter, wondering if a coffeepot to the head would be my way out of this. 
 Ex #3. At the moment all we had was the moment of surprise. 
 Replace the second moment with element and VOILA! (Don't forget to add in the necessary commas!) 
 At the moment, all we had was the element of surprise. 
 Now, don't go thinking that I found the only three sentences with errors and used them as my examples, when the fact of the matter is that I had a hard time choosing just three. There were pages and pages of notes on my Kindle of highlighted grammatical errors. 
 It was annoying. 
 It made the writing sound juvenile. 
 It took away from my being able to enjoy the sexiness that is a tattooed bad ass and a hispanic drug lord. 
 You just... you can't do that to a girl. 
 I'm probably going to get a lot of shit for this, since I know everybody loved it, but I was just expecting so much more. I'm not even sure I'll read the next one. Hell, I probably wouldn't recommend this one to anyone, which is a damn shame, since I loved Sins & Needles so much. 
 Okay, I'm gunna go hide out for a while now.