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3.37 AVERAGE
3.37 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Good enough story and writing, but, sheesh…the story didn’t get resolved at all. “Here: here’s half a book. You’ll have to buy a second, maybe even a third, to know whodunnit…and what they dun.” And now I find out it’s a trilogy, but only two books were even written. Plus the weird Coca-Cola mentions — I hope the paid product placement was worth it.
If John Grisham wrote a romance novel with a strict maximum page count limit.
3 1/2 stars
Good pacing, I actually cared about the characters and wanted to know more. I am interested to see where this story takes us!
Good pacing, I actually cared about the characters and wanted to know more. I am interested to see where this story takes us!
This book is the first in an uncompleted trilogy, which I was not aware of when I started it. Nowhere on the book does it indicate it is part of a series, the only clue is the cliffhanger at the end. There is a book two but there's no book three because Stacey Abrams got too busy saving democracy, I guess (which is awesome, but now this story is incomplete).
Fast pace romance/thriller vibes, I need to go out and get deception as the story continues. This won’t be my last time reading a book by Stacey Abrams.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I chose this book because it was written by Stacey Abrams, who I admire, but it was one of the worst books I have read. The plot is silly, the mystery is confusing and poorly fleshed out and the ending is less than satisfying.
DNF. I shouldn't read older romances. The hero pulls over the heroine for an almost made up offense and uses the occasion to ask her out. I kept reading for a while, but the couple only seem to disrespect each other but we're told (not shown) they have chemistry.
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I thought the mystery parts of this worked much better than the romance. Montgomery (aka Stacey Abrams) is very good at building up dramatic tension and crafting the puzzle pieces that make up the central mystery but the romance between Kell and Luke is significantly less compelling. I just didn't believe that they were in love by the end of the book.