


In Secret Service, Bauer has opted not only for a dual 1st POV in present tense (WHAT?!) but also it’s temporally nonlinear, beginning the night that the president’s car explodes on a clandestine excursion (!!!) before jumping back to when Brennan (the president) and Reese (his detail lead) met and then back to the scene of the crime, etc. Overall: It’s present-past (roughly) alternating non-linear, so I was thrown for a minute…until I was totally sucked inĪuthor consistency from a technical standpoint is great and all, but it’s also really fun to see an author play. Without his detail lead (in case that wasn’t obvious). Plot: The president and his Secret Service detail lead are in love. Heat Factor: I might go so far as to say lotsa sex, but it’s not lotsa super explicit sex, but also that first BJ will probably live rent free in my head for a whileĬharacter Chemistry: Love at first sight + so much angst
