The more convincing relationship in this book is between Ethan and his assistant Anna. It's not a romantic relationship it's closer to an older brother/younger sister back and forth that the two of them have but Brubaker doesn't need to tell us what his relationship is. He uses the story and their banter to peel back this relationship and let it exist even as he has to explain Ethan and Rainy's relationship and have it basically just exist through exposition. There's a give and take in the way that Brubaker portrays Ethan and Anna that's far more interesting than the relationship between Ethan and Rainy that is trying to drive the motivation of this book. These kinds of stories are built on a very basic romantic premise and it's just not a believable foundation in Reckless.
There's never even a spark of a true connection between these characters. That's the problem in this book we're told so much about these characters but we don't see it we don't get to watch these characters grow or change. We're told that once upon a time they were madly in love and that it was Ethan's deceptions that forced them apart. (Image credit: Sean Phillips (Image Comics))
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