The Unsung Hero (Troubleshooters, #1) in Romance Series Lists

Jun 22, 2010 Julianna rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2010, romantic-suspense, contemporary-romance

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"3.5 stars" For quite some time now, I've been seeing rave reviews for Suzanne Brockmann's Troubleshooters series, so I finally decided to pick up The Unsung Hero. Unfortunately, when I finished reading it, I was left with very mixed feelings about nearly every aspect of the book. Rather than being a romance in which there is one primary hero and heroine with secondary characters to support them, it felt like there was an ensemble cast. The book has three separate “love” ...more

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Feb 25, 2008 Eastofoz rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: romantic-suspense

This is a weak 4 stars for me because I was expecting better, but from what I’ve heard about the Troubleshooters series it’s the following books that tend to be the best. There’s nothing “wrong” with this story it’s just that it’s nearly all very predictable and the main hero wasn’t as “Navy SEAL” as alphas usually are. He’s much more vulnerable and not as strong as I’d have liked.

There are three stories within this novel and that was very confusing and annoying until just over halfway. There’s This is a weak 4 stars for me because I was expecting better, but from what I’ve heard about the Troubleshooters series it’s the following books that tend to be the best. There’s nothing “wrong” with this story it’s just that it’s nearly all very predictable and the main hero wasn’t as “Navy SEAL” as alphas usually are. He’s much more vulnerable and not as strong as I’d have liked.

There are three stories within this novel and that was very confusing and annoying until just over halfway. There’s the main story between almost high school sweethearts Tom and Kelly hoping to rekindle the flame, then there’s the WWII pseudo love-triangle story told as memories in bits and pieces between Kelly’s dad Charles, Tom’s dad Joe and the French resistance leader Cybele and finally the creepy story between Tom’s niece Mallory and odd ball David. When you’re given all these characters from the start it’s information overload and hard to keep track of everyone, but rest assured they all tie in together by the end and you know who’s who.

The primary story between Tom and Kelly which I was the most interested in at the beginning became the most predictable at the end and had that “aw shucks” vibe that just bugs me in a novel. Tom’s on convalescent leave and he thinks he sees a terrorist known as The Merchant during his stay with his dad. This is a minor part of the story which was good seeing as sometimes Romantic Suspense tends to focus too much on the suspense and little on the romance. Tom and Kelly were back and forth too much with I want her/does she want me and vice versa. It got to be too repetitive and towards the middle their story was dead in the water because nothing was happening apart from the does (s)he/doesn’t (s)he. Once something does happen it just felt like it was too late and even when there was the moment of “miscommunication” and sparks start to fly in the heat department it was a bit flat.

The story I was most interested in was the WWII story because it’s told in such a way that leaves you wondering who got the girl. Near the end though I didn’t really like the outcome because the “Great Love” didn’t make much sense. The story I liked the least from the beginning about Mallory and very weird David I thought was just filler but Brockmann did an excellent job of throwing me for a huge loop and that’s why I gave the book a four because I didn’t see any of that coming which shows she has some unique talent as a writer.

Usually with Navy SEALS stories you have the other members of the team who make an appearance at some point and the same happened here. I was most interested in Alyssa and Sam’s story which comes in a much later book it seems. The team members weren’t filler and did what they had to do without taking away from the various love stories.

The ending unfortunately had hokey stamped all over it but overall I’m still keen on giving the series another shot if only to get that “you’ve got to be kidding me” element of surprise again. Here’s hoping that the others aren’t as predictable.
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Mar 23, 2008 jenjn79 rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: stars-4, reviewed, genre-romance-suspense, favs-reread, info-full, series-troubleshooters, author-suzanne-brockmann, 2006

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. ** spoiler alert ** One of a handful of books that made me cry. And not just get teary eyed, but actually cry.

This one is the first book in Brockmann's Navy SEAL Team 16 series. I got this one to read after randomly reading the 6th book in the series.

Anyway, good book. It's about team commander Tom Paoletti who is on medical leave after sustaining a head injury in a helicopter explosion. He has residual dizziness, and possibly paranoia as side effects. So he goes back to his hometown where he w ** spoiler alert ** One of a handful of books that made me cry. And not just get teary eyed, but actually cry.

This one is the first book in Brockmann's Navy SEAL Team 16 series. I got this one to read after randomly reading the 6th book in the series.

Anyway, good book. It's about team commander Tom Paoletti who is on medical leave after sustaining a head injury in a helicopter explosion. He has residual dizziness, and possibly paranoia as side effects. So he goes back to his hometown where he was once a tot...more One of a handful of books that made me cry. And not just get teary eyed, but actually cry.

This one is the first book in Brockmann's Navy SEAL Team 16 series. I got this one to read after randomly reading the 6th book in the series.

Anyway, good book. It's about team commander Tom Paoletti who is on medical leave after sustaining a head injury in a helicopter explosion. He has residual dizziness, and possibly paranoia as side effects. So he goes back to his hometown where he was once a total bad boy. At the same time he's there, the girl he was in love with as a 19 year old (she was 15...they only ever kissed) has returned home to take care of her dying father (she's a doc.). At the airport, Tom thinks he sees a man who is a terrorist known as The Merchant. The only problem is the Merchant is thought dead. Tom doesn't know whether he really saw him or his head injury made him think he did. The book, then, is about his romance with Kelly, and the terrorist.

Brockmann's style in these books is a little difficult to get used to. The book isn't just about the male/female pairing and the suspense plot. She actively uses supporting characters as more than just people to move the story along. They have full-fledged roles and romances...not as focused on as the main two, but still fairly major roles. Sometimes they are other members of Team 16, sometimes they are relatives of the other characters. Also in the 2 books I've read, she has sections that look back on some point in the past. With this book, it was scenes involving Kelly's father and Tom's great-uncle and their time as spies in WW2 France.

At first, it's a little difficult to keep your head in the book because the scenes are going back and forth between all the characters involved and the history scenes. But then once you get into all the stories being told, you don't really mind. There was a really great romance between Tom's niece, and this geek named David. The history scenes were interesting, maybe longer than they needed to be, but they were a pretty big part of the story as they explained why Kelly's father and Joe's uncle acted the way they did, which in turn played a role in how the book ended. So everything tied together.

The end made me cry. It was so sad/tragic/poignant. And absolutely fitting. I think I liked it better than the other one I read, #6, but I'm not sure. The books are in a way very connected. The characters don't just pop up in their individual book, they have roles in the other books. The male/female lead from #6 are first introduced in #1, and the male/female lead from #1 are major players in #6. It adds a completely new aspect to the 6th book (which is why they should be read in order). So I kinda see some of the things from #6 in a different light now that I've read #1 ...more

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Aug 16, 2008 ElaineY rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: mission-aborted, romantic-suspense

AUDIOBOOK & EBOOK REREAD; SEPTEMBER: DNF
Narrator: William Dufris

When I read this back in 2002-03, I found it surprisingly boring because I had loved T03 - Over the Edge.

I have read Over the Edge twice over the years and liked it even more the second time. Since, in those days, I dutifully read a book from cover to cover even if I wasn't enjoying it, I knew I did find the entire story of The Unsung Hero to be below average compared to the other Troubleshooter books.

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Jul 27, 2007 SamBFN rated it really liked it

Shelves: romance-adventure-suspense, audiobooks, favorites, suzanne-brockmann, re-read, 2015, 2022

I absolutely love Suzanne Brockmann. All her books seem to have 3 story arcs. Story A is the main love story of the book, Story B is a secondary love story that may be finished in the current book or carry on in future books of the series and Story C is usually a WWII story/romance. As you read this series you will come to love all the men of Team Sixteen. Tom, Wildcard, Sam, Jenks, Muldoon, Cosmo.

In this book you are introduced to Tom who is the leader of Team sixteen. The best thing is that on ...more

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Aug 07, 2010 Megan rated it really liked it

Shelves: contemporary-romance, suspense-romance, fbi-cia-police-military, series, library-ebook, reunion

I had put this one off because I couldn't get as an ebook at any of the libraries and finally caved in. So glad that I did! As a fan of getting to know various characters and their backgrounds throughout a series, I enjoyed this book and I think I'm going to love this series. Fantastic story. ...more

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Jul 12, 2008 Stamatia rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Great book. I don't know what I was thinking letting it wallow in my TBR pile for 2 years. I picked it up yesterday morning and couldn't put it down. ...more

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Aug 15, 2007 Terri rated it really liked it

Shelves: romantic_suspense

more romance than suspense...the suspense grows as the series progresses...when will i have time to read the rest of the series?

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May 25, 2009 Mel W rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: romantic-suspense, read-in-2010, suzanne-brockmann

New to me author - great story. Will definitely continue with the rest of the series.

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Aug 07, 2007 Christa rated it it was amazing

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Shelves: contemporary, acrossthetracks, oa, nerdhero, bh, suspensemystery, alphahero, virginheroine, heroineunrequited, friends2lovers

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