Driven (Deeps Ops, #4) by Rebecca Zanetti

 ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

Another solid romance-thriller by Rebecca Zanetti. This novel follows Angus, the leader of the Deep Ops team in his quest to discover if the serial killer who killed his sister really is dead or not. As usual, Zanetti interweaves the romance between the two leads of this novel, Angus Force and Nari Zhang, with the fast action of the secondary plot-line (in this case the hunt for a serial killer). The romance between Angus and Nari had been building in the previous novels, and in this novel, it finally ignited. The chemistry between the two was really nice and they seemed like a solid pairing. I also appreciated the solid character building that happened in this novel. Although these characters were present in the previous series, we didn't really get to know them at all. So learning about their backgrounds and motivations made the cast of characters make more sense. I felt a little less clear about the serial killer hunt storyline. By the resolution of the novel, I was still confused and re-read the last two chapters to see if I had missed anything in the fast-paced action. I don't think I did, Zanetti simply didn't explain the twist very well. The whole timeline of when the serial killer first disappeared to when we meet the DeepOps team is actually pretty sketchy to me. I wrote it out and I am sure I missed some time somewhere. That aside, the novel was a really fun read. I read this novel in about one day, so it's a quickie.

I enjoy Ms. Zanetti's use of characters from previous novels to further enhance the interest in her novels. It is fun to see old friends pop up in the new novel, and when the current novel doesn't rely heavily upon previous ones, it is great. You can certainly read this novel without having read the previous 3 that came before. I have to say my favorite character is probably Roscoe, and he's a dog. However, Zanetti does such a great job making him a fun and interesting character, even though he can't speak! This is true of most of her characters, the humans included.

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