Some of them are pointless-like, they're just one word, like a character's name. Every new scene begins with a little heading or title, and they drove me crazy. The plot is a major factor here, and it's good. But this is not one of those stories in which a half-hearted attempt at a plot is thrown in to add meat to the romance. The plot is complicated, with an intricate backstory (which gets a bit dense at times, to be frank). Alexander does a very good job of establishing how distracted Austin is anytime Peter is near him.

There's a lot of buildup in the creation of sexual tension. Austin may be college-educated and have a decent amount of experience with police work, but his naiveté about a lot of things puts him on an even keel with Peter, who is much younger but is hardened and streetwise. The author manages to convey an equal level of maturity in her 20-year-old and 26-year-old protagonists. (see cons also) And the humor continues throughout the book, without ever really letting up. His and Peter's initial interactions are priceless-not just the snarky things they say to each other, but also Austin's simultaneous attraction to Peter and confusion about his feelings. Austin's narrative voice is dry and sarcastic and quite funny.

Warning: This review might contain what some people consider SPOILERS. This was just brilliant stuff, and I sincerely hope-hope-hope there is more where this comes from, because I am so there!!!! Just-if you think this sounds even half-way interesting-BUY IT and READ IT! It's one of the best books I've read in ages-and I read hundreds of books. and a bunch of other superlatives and adjectives that I won't bore you with right now. It's unexpected, funny, moving, exciting, fast-paced. There is a cast of fantastic characters with tons of back-story-and Austin and Rabbit's shaky nascent love-life can't get terribly far when things (including bullets) are flying at them from all angles. This is a fantastic, complex tale tale that explodes as magnificently as Austin's life. And if you think you're in for a simplistic tale of sweet love, don't hold your breath. Bunny-slippers, but he has his reasons for this remarkable bit of self-discovery at the ripe age of 26. If you like snarky, wise-cracking heroes who actually do have feelings buried deep down somewhere, (he's smart as well as being a smart-ass), then you'll love Austin. What a roller-coaster ride through Detective Austin Glass's life as he goes to a dive of a diner to meet an informant, becomes obsesses with a pair of bunny slippers on a busboy and then all hell breaks loose, with his case, his career, his love-life, and just about everything and everyone's life around him, too!

Shattered glass by dani alexander