Book Review For The Cartel.

The story deals with the struggle for power between fictional modern-day crime families. There is non-stop action between what I would call the action scenes (bullets fly), the sex scenes (graphic), and the money scenes (“Carter stood up smoothly and put his hands in his $400 Armani slacks.”) Ultimately, I think the reason I had such a good reaction to this book wasn’t the sex or the violence, but the storytelling. I don’t see the boringness in the writing, maybe there is somethings I don’t understand, and as a result, the book is a surprisingly painful read. The world is governed by the fast rules of family loyalty and the pursuit of wealth. There is little to question, and little to invest in emotionally. Basically a non-stop series of revenge killings and power grabs, to me this book never stopped to consider the question, “Why?”