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3.97 AVERAGE
3.97 AVERAGE
The mystery aspects of this series are the weakest part, but the rest is so good that it doesn’t matter. I loved the wider cast of characters in this book; I’m always a sucker for found family. I’m actually writing this nearly finished with the third book because I was so riveted that I had to start it and forgot to log finishing this one here.
slow-paced
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
medium-paced
Struggled with the first 100 pages of this book, took me a while to get into it but decided to finish it in one sitting today and honestly? The best decision. There are waaaay too many characters to remember at the beginning which is why I was finding it hard to get into it, especially when I went a few days between reading chapters. Couldn’t remember who was who when I then picked it up again. The flow was all over the place at the beginning but then it settled and got into it. Loved the sapphic romance and those spicy scenes had me giggling and blushing 🤭
adventurous
mysterious
medium-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:
No
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-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:
Yes
read this for my book club and.... idk what to say. it's okay??? I like the characters and I think I get why people like this series so much, but it just doesn't hit for me at all. idk if I would have finished this without a bookclub deadline, probably not.
further thoughts after having sat with this book for a week:
calling this a murder mystery (a locked-room mystery at that!!) is honestly insane, there is a murder and there is some mystery, butit could not matter less who actually commited the murder.
the sex scenes felt more awkward and more boring than in the first book, the romantic conflict felt pretty inorganic and constructed, the confined setting was severely underused as were other things brought up, e.g. the diary with robin's visions. the characters all trust each other way too much from the get go and the call-backs to the characters from the first book are so cheesy, you're just being hit over the head with the found family of it all (spoiler: this is even worse in book 3)
the language is much too metaphor-heavy for my personal taste and the dual pov takes out almost all tension there could have been otherwise.
I get more annoyed at this book the longer I think about it because I see what it could have been and instead it's just meh!!!
further thoughts after having sat with this book for a week:
calling this a murder mystery (a locked-room mystery at that!!) is honestly insane, there is a murder and there is some mystery, but
the sex scenes felt more awkward and more boring than in the first book, the romantic conflict felt pretty inorganic and constructed, the confined setting was severely underused as were other things brought up, e.g. the diary with robin's visions. the characters all trust each other way too much from the get go and the call-backs to the characters from the first book are so cheesy, you're just being hit over the head with the found family of it all (spoiler: this is even worse in book 3)
the language is much too metaphor-heavy for my personal taste and the dual pov takes out almost all tension there could have been otherwise.
I get more annoyed at this book the longer I think about it because I see what it could have been and instead it's just meh!!!
3.5. I just kept forgetting they were on a boat and then I’d be randomly reminded and it threw me off every time. but violet and maud were wonderful together, i just wish we got a bit more build up like we did for robin and edwin in the first book! but i like how violet and maud have this relationship of “idk what’s next but the now is good.” i can really appreciate that!
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes