Romeo's Rules (A Mike Romeo Thriller): 1 (Mike Romeo Thrillers) Paperback – Import, 1 November 2015

The general style of the Story telling.Flowery Language & Facts keep you glued to the Story..Enjoyed reading it

Book is simple. More can be done. But character introduction is fine. New way found for all kind of philosophy. Nice try. Once O. K. Author has grip on events at least.

I liked this book because it was well thought out and talked about all kinds of heavy stuff while being packed with action. The author knows his way about words which is refreshing. One concern is that the book tries too many things and has too many characters which kind of leaves a few dead ends. Would like to read more Romeo books but hopefully he will unscramble himself before that!

Not very well written. Won;t read the rest of the series

Author wants to be a Lee Child but no where near Child's craft. Very boring. Wonder how someone gave it a 5 star

I do like a book which doesn't pretend to be something it is not. I picked up this book expecting it to be filled with gratuitous violence and nice clean ending - and boom! Sorted. SO what if it was predictable and full of gory? You knew that going in!The basic premise is there is Mike, he has a secret past, but it includes being a fairly successful cage fighter and his friend Ira who is Mossad trained. Mike is out for his run when a bomb goes off and he gets himself involved in helping a beautiful woman (are there any other sort in books like these) get her children back from her abusive ex. Obviously things are not what they seem and Mike has to fight back against various people who want to cause him harm and keep the police in the dark about who he is and what he has done.It's brilliantly cheap fiction. Loved it. It only gets 4 stars because although it is a great book it didn't change my world.

I rather enjoyed my time with this book - and, if not taken too seriously, it's actually a fun read. The story itself is not particularly original but what sets it apart from the run of the mill American crime novels out there is the central character of Mike Romeo. Mike is a big, rugged guy who was once a cage fighter. He is also a likeable, well-educated individual who has a particular interest in philosophy - be it of the ancient or contemporary variety. Throughout the novel, Mike often quotes certain philosophers either to the reader or to the characters in the book - which usually illicit blank expressions from the recipients. He is also someone who hasn't got much time for authority figures (aka the cops/FBI/CIA) and, in any given investigation, will regularly antagonise and ridicule them.Romeo comes over as someone with the body and intelligence of Jack Reacher but with the dry humour of Philip Marlowe. I especially liked all the one-liners in this novel. At one stage, Romeo is in a restaurant snacking on some tortilla chips and thinks to himself: 'So much happiness in life comes from a satisfying crunch. Be it a chip or the cartilage of a bad guy's nose.'To my mind, this may not quite be a 5 star novel but I found it thoroughly entertaining all the same.

Having really enjoyed the author’s ‘Try’ series and in particular, Ty Buchanan, the anti-hero in these books, I was interested in reading other titles by the same author. And then I came across Romeo’s Rules and my heart sank. The name Mike Romeo suggested someone like a greasy, superficial Dean Martin character (Matt Helm, Jason Steel, Alex Flood) or even Austin Powers so I was tempted to give it a miss. How glad am I that I didn’t. Never judge a book by its cover!It starts with a bang (literally) and even in the first few pages, I could tell that Mike would be revealed as a unique central character and I wasn’t disappointed. I have seen all types of violence practitioners (goodies as well as baddies) in films but the ones who are the most sinister and convincing are the ones who make educated pronouncements before doing the deed. I began to think he was a bit unctuous in the way he eschews money and other material comforts but Mike combines a deep knowledge of philosophy with choice Latin phrases to give him an inner strength and resilience while helping to create a menacing but thoroughly engaging and ultimately convincing vanquisher. But this not just a trail of violence, it is a search for truth and justice by someone you know has the physical and mental strength to deal with the various challenges that confront him.I didn’t see the end coming as indeed, I haven’t in other James Scott Bell books and now that Mike Romeo has shared the secrets of his past with his friend and confidant Ira, the stage is set for further Mike Romeo novels which I for one can’t wait for.

I'd say this was 3, 3.5 stars - and what brought it down was the constant introduction of references to Greek mythology, classic books - and the odd Latin phrase thrown in. The dollops of high brow literature just don't fit well into a book that's meant to be a thriller (IMHO). I also didn't understand any of the references - and I went to a Grammar school and did Latin and read Shakespeare and so on - but can't for the life of me remember enough of it for those parts of the book to make sense. Unless you are a scholarly type that kind of knowledge drifts away as we grow up (and older) and focus more on learning skills related to our occupation.I also didn't get how come Romeo could make a few very obscure and terse comments and suddenly strangers were saying that they liked him. Not sure how as I wasn't particularly keen on him and I lived with him for the duration of the book. In real life I suspect many people would have muttered "weirdo" and walked away from him.I did get to the end. I actually almost bailed at the 50% mark but, having trouble sleeping, I soldiered on and the pace picked up in the 2nd half enough to lure me back in. This book was a freebie - but I'm not sure I'd pay to have a 2nd outing with our Romeo.

Romeo plaus by his own rules. Ask him a question and he's likely not to answer the way you want him too. He talks in circles just to not give information. When he gets embroiled in a bombing and a kidnapping, he knows he should just walk away. But he can't. What has Romeo really got himself into?I liked this book, it was action packed almost all the way through. I like the character Romeo but what I didn't like was how much he got sucked in. He seemed so savvy but he was still pulled into a massive web of lies.