slow going with little grit

Hmmm. First listen to this author for me and although the plotline is really good, the execution, not so much. 
The book, for the story, in my opinion, lacked intensity.
The h is on a vengeance kick but there is no build up, no depth,  no emotional wrench at my heart.  I needed that to fall into the h's plan. It didn't happen. 
It rolled along with a few bumps here and there.  The H, after 2 years does a huge backflip and his alphaness slips...for me anyway.
The case is a serious one yet I  dont get the urgent feel,  there is too much lightness for the situation at hand. Especially because the h was on a mission from the start. The tone  seems to get bogged down with retrospection of the h and H. It takes a chapter or 2 for the h to explain her thoughts, then the next chapter or 2 we get the H's side.
Unfortunately for me, it just slowed the flow of the book and stalled the depth of the plot.
If this is how Ms Evans writes, its good but not my style. I prefer a much faster pace.
There is very little action throughout the story and the steam is nice but definitely not hot.
I've never heard these narrators before and although their tone and inflections are good I don't think they were right for these characters.  If the H had a deeper more intense voice, maybe it would have helped,  but it didn't past  the mark for me.
Such a good concept but just lacked the grit needed for the storyline. 
I think the downplay of what occurred involving the sister, near the end, was pretty watery.  And I also noticed  the finer descriptions were lacking. The colour of her dress, her hair, the slow steam of undressing .anyway
I'm sorry I don't take to the writing style of Ms Evans as the narrator's in her future books are brilliant,  but the back and forth retrospection is too slow.

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