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ACTION & DANGER

Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2020

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I was thoroughly entertained with this fast-paced, page-turner, “Hitman vs. Hitman” but it left me wondering if Cari Z and L.A. Witt will give us more from Ricardo and August.

A five million dollar pay-day and top on “rate your hit” list, who could refuse!

Ricardo Torralba and August Morrison have no business being together but when they both become the target things get a little crazy and the competition is serious business. They have to team up and try and save anyone connected to them that could possibly become a target. Both are opposed to collateral damage.

August is like a duel personality, hitman/sophisticated, clothes whore. He’s a billionaire and really doesn’t need the money. He’s high tech, especially in security, which is off the charts and blow up your own house rich! But underneath he seems to be insecure and is hiding something about himself.

Ricardo is cool, tries to stay calm and subtle, but August is definitely rubbing him the wrong way. He learns the hard facts that he doesn’t know everything about August.

Things get over-the-top dangerous at they come up against the Cavalcante family of La Cosa Nostra, Pedro Silva and Victor from Ricardo’s past.

Fun read, action packed, lot’s of suspense, danger and tense moments, and of course a little gory, they are hitmen after all! Being a hitman is no joking matter but the banter between Ricardo (don’t call me Ricky) and Augustus ( don’t call me Auggie) is laugh out loud funny.

What I really appreciated from Cari Z and L.A. Witt was that they didn’t have Ricardo and August jumping into a physical relationship immediately. The authors stuck to the plot and had me wondering at every turn who has it out for Ricardo and August. Plus, it’s a gradual learning experience for the two MC’s just managing to get along to work together and save those close to them.

I’ve read both Cari Z and L.A. Witt books and they make a great writing team.
I especially like “Bad Behavior” and the “Double Trouble” series.

Harrison H

Not quite my cup of tea but some good writing

Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2020

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This was my first "hitman/criminal" novel. I decided to give it a try since Witt has become one of my favorite authors.
Still not sure it's my cup of tea, though - not because of the writing since Witt and Z. are great storytellers (otherwise I wouldn't have tried it). It's just a bit hard for me to get past the fact that these guys aren't exactly heroes. If this is your type of thing, go for it. There are some good moments with dark humor and some interesting plot twists. Plus, the chemistry of the main characters is solid. But as for me, I'm going to need a bit more persuading....

Kazza - On Top Down Under/Dark Hints Book Reviews

Plenty of Fun with a Bit of Bite.

Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2020

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Another enjoyable co-write from Cari Z and L.A. Witt. Very much in the vein of the wonderful Bad Behavior series, starting at Risky Behavior, and the Double Trouble duology, starting at Double or Nothing.

The blurb does a good job at letting readers know what to expect of Hitman vs Hitman. The story delivers an overall more lighthearted tone to a Hitman story but not without some definite bite.

I enjoyed the MCs. August and Ricardo are different people but have their profession in common, but now there's a common goal of getting to the bottom of who is trying to off them, and why.

Plenty of snarky and witty banter, some bloodshed, and a bit of very effective 'sexy' thrown into the mix make this a very enjoyable read of what I'm assuming may lead to another book or two.

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UltraMeital

Not sure why I struggled with this book - once the action started I was hooked!

Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2020

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I don't even know how much time it took me to read this book as I started and stopped a few times before I committed myself into it. Something about Ricardo and August/Augustus didn't "work" for me. They spent most of the book quarreling with one another disagreeing about anything and everything. The attraction was always there - I got that and I actually really appreciated that it took them time to act upon it. The book was very suspenseful but the real action started I think round 70% in and didn't stop right until the end which is when I got REALLY invested in the story.

If you look at the almost satirical website "Rate Your Hit" you'd find the best hitman out there is Ricardo Torralba and right under him is August Morrison. This might look like the kind of website to have a good laugh about but it's actually genuine. But when Ricardo and August find themselves on the same job to off billionaire Lance Baldwin they feel like something is wrong. So very wrong.

They run without finishing the job only to realize that since they didn't off each other whomever put them on the job is more than willing to finish it on his own. That means that though they're not exactly team players they need to work together and learn to trust one another and FAST.

Ricardo and August couldn't be more different even if they share the same job description. Ricardo used to be a Green Beret but he has left his profession as a sniper after his release for his current job. His only major no-no is avoiding collateral damage. August on the other hand is a HIGHLY rich and entitled guy and he has worked hard to fly under the radar not letting a lot of people figure out his real name is Augustus Mason. I gotta say it was pretty strange to me that these guys knew so much about the mob, their operators (the ones they weren't suppose to know so much about) and yet people from the outside couldn't figure out the guy in the expensive suit looks kinda familiar (when holding a gun)?

I think a lot of people would have enjoyed the banter between these two but these days I have so much to do, and the little time I have to read I'm mostly dead tired. It works with some books but I start to see I'm less patient as I used to be, wanting things to simply HAPPEN already. It took these two time, to build something together, and for the action to start and I was growling at my kindle - let's get on with it! and then the action DID start and it was all over the place and I LOVED it! But the ending came too fast with a promise of more for this two but it's a HFN kind of finale. No time for pretty words just a promise of them getting into more trouble. It might mean we'll be getting more of these two, I don't know..

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ROROBLUSMUM - no retreat, no surrender

2.5* A romp that doesn't take itself seriously, yay!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 25, 2020

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It's taken me 5 days to finish this book, which I'd actually preordered to take advantage of the ridiculously low price. In a way I'm sad that 2 talented authors felt the need to price a new release this low to get traction, but on the other hand, I'm kind of pleased I didn't spend more on it. It's not to say that it's a bad book - it's just not one that was very believable in my book, pun intentional.

The plot doesn't veer away from the blurb but there was far less action than I expected and I couldn't take events seriously.

The book is readable, as the authors are both talented, and I did appreciate that there was none of the 'we're in the middle of it all going down, but let's still stop and find somewhere to get it on' trope, and that the leads actually getting together happened somewhere around 73% of the tale gone. I also liked that the three little magic words didn't appear in this at all, as I'm not sure that the guys liked or fancied each other. There wasn't enough passion nor antagonism between them and they had zero chemistry. There was mention of one guy being bi, with the mention of an ex-wife, and the other was gay, and once again I was reminded of 'token bi'ness' in tales. I appreciate why authors might want to have bi representation in their tales, but please, either go there believably or don't go there at all, please.

But, yes, there were 2 assassins getting together to try to figure out who'd set them up, though the arc with the Baldwin guy was a bit weak, and then nothing ever felt...dangerous or had me on the edge of my seat. The tale could have done with some editing, too, as there were rolling eyes, rolling with punches, rolling around, rolling aside, rolling a joint, rolling shoulders, rolling ideas, rolling out, rolling fall - rolling eyes was the clear winner, though. I couldn't tell, despite the ending, if this was the start of a series or a standalone tale, and either way, I can't say that I'm really all that excited to read more.

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Great!

Reviewed in Canada on August 11, 2020

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Ricardo Torralba and August Morrison are two hitmen who have always worked independently from each other. They meet during a job they were both hired for without their knowledge, & through circumstances beyond their control, they are forced to work together in order to see who wants them dead....

The Rate Your Hit site seems a bit farfetched to me... I’m sure there’s a rating system for these jobs, but this seems unrealistic.

August is an annoying, incessant talker who ends up being quite funny (at times despite himself, I think). When they finally get together, Ricardo ends up kissing him in the hopes of shutting him up, which is hilarious....

“Ricardo kissed him. At first, it was to shut him up, because it was either that or choke him...”

There was some action, some drama & a little romance. All in all, it was an enjoyable story to read.

Maria V.

Loved it!

Reviewed in Australia on November 6, 2020

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I really enjoyed this story from start to finish.
Ricardo and August are lethal, ridiculous, and wonderful - they complement each other so well, and I love both of them. Not to mention that the story itself is filled with enough humour, feelings, and explosions that I couldn't put it down. Would absolutely recommend.

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