So this book has been on my TBR pile for the longest (well, of the books I was really going to read, anyway). I bought it right after it came out, since I’ve read everything by Traci, and since she was going to be in town for a book signing. So I’ve had it since April.

Hooray for car trips for TBR-busting! I was excited to finally read this book, since I like Traci’s books (obviously), and since it meets one of my July challenge goals to knock out one of my Summer Reading Thing books.

As with all of Traci’s books, Lockdown is full of suspense and tension with a big dose of romance (or is it the other way around?). She always researches her situations, and there’s always something new in her books. Lockdown is no exception, showcasing everything from school-shooting crises (real and fake, as part of a training course), to water rescues to medical interventions.

Plus, it was set half an hour north of my hometown. And most of the details weren’t too bad, though I could get nitpicky if you want me to (but nobody wants to hear about LDS wards in Durham, Durham hospitals, or the “correct” name of Kerr Lake to Virginians currently living in North Carolina).

As always, I note anything that I pulled me out of the book. With the blog series this month, I might have been a little more sensitive to this than normal, but a few times I felt that the POV wasn’t as deep as I’d like it—especially in some tough-to-convey emotions (shock, for example) and the instances where the narration suddenly told me about something the POV character had not noticed. There were also a few instances of passive voice or general wordiness. However, I was involved enough in the plot that I wanted to keep reading. It was a pretty fast read, like the rest of her books, and I enjoyed joining her characters for this adventure.

In all, Lockdown is a fun read, and a solid addition to Traci’s “stable.”