Finished ‘Scuse Me While I Kill This Guy by Leslie Langtry.

This book focuses on Virginia (Gin) Bombay, a soccer mom who moonlights as an assassin. Gin comes from a long line of assassins, all of whom are named after places (Dakota, Savannah, etc). Things are looking up for Gin, when she meets a sexy bodyguard named Diego. There’s only one problem — she’s been assigned to kill his clients. And Gin always gets her man …

I picked this book up because I’m currently writing an assassin story (although mine’s urban fantasy). This one was a little lighter than I expected. For example, Gin is perfectly fine with teaching her five-year-old daughter how to become an assassin. Plus, the soccer mom as assassin character came off as a little too ditzy at times to carry out her assignments. But some of the situations Gin found herself in were pretty funny.

The thing I liked best about the book were the quotes that Langtry used at the beginning of each chapter. All the pop-culture references relate to death or assassination in some way.

But there was one thing about the book I just didn’t get — the romance between Gin and Diego. I thought they fell in love too quickly and that there just wasn’t enough time spent on the romance to start with.

So, I’m going split decision on this one. Thumbs down to the romance. Thumbs up to the assassination bits and the quotes.

Up next: Two novella from the mystery anthology Transgressions.