Name: Major Surgery
ISBN: 9783963241451

Lola Keeley

Surgeon and department head Veronica has life perfectly ordered - until the arrival of a new Head of Trauma. Cassie is an ex-army surgeon, not interested in rules or playing nice. When they're forced to work together to uncover a scandal, things get a little heated in surprising ways. A lesbian romance about cutting to the heart of matters.

Major Surgery

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Lucia Correa

Major Surgery by Lola Keeley – 3 Stars for this British medical romance.

I loved, loved Keeley’s debut novel, The Music and the Mirror. It was one of my favorites of that year. This book, not so much. I could not get into the book so I stopped and restarted this book a few times before I hunkered down, determined to finish.

Individually, I liked the two mains. Recently retired army Major Cassie Taylor, a surgeon is hired to head the A&E (Accident & Emergency) department where emergency patients that need immediate treatment/surgery. Surgeon Veronica Mallick is the head of AMU (Acute Medical Unit) department which handles emergency assessments and surgeries for non-trauma patients. These two departments were a bit confusing for me. In the US, in general the two departments are all under the ER (Emergency Room) department. Maybe AMU could be thought of the US version of Urgent Care? Whatever. In this hospital they are separate departments that work hand in hand. I also needed to adjust to doctors referred to as Mr/Ms/Mrs rather than Dr. 

Cassie Taylor comes off right away as the more likable of the two. She is hands-on, very caring and straight forward. Veronica Mallick is the “Ice Queen” of the two. She has her sights on eventually becoming the head of the hospital. She was counting on her friend and protégé to be hired not the interloper, Taylor. Always dressed immaculately, she is of Indian dissent and has a 12 yr son, who lives with her ex-wife. She is well respected as an administrator and surgeon.

The main problem I had with this book is that I didn’t feel any chemistry between the two MCs. Which made a slow burn feel even slower. I stopped and re-started a couple of times stalling out around the midpoint. Finally, when I did get further, the book picked up a bit. Unfortunately, even after the romance got going, I still didn’t feel that much chemistry between them. Were they even friends? 

I won a copy of this book in a giveaway by the author.

Major Surgery

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