Beach Reads And Deadly Deeds by Allison Brennan

3.61 AVERAGE

shaylenek's review against another edition

2.25
It was entertaining enough but I feel like the author was tryna do too much and none of the plot points were really fleshed out. The characters were kind of flat and there wasn’t enough time devoted to the romance or the mystery. 
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boldielox's review against another edition

3.0
funny mysterious relaxing fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

meganh123's review against another edition

4.0
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

jdaily29's review

3.0
medium-paced

jazzrizz's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous challenging dark mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

kmcconnell's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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emilyde's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
Mia is forced to take an all-expenses paid island vacation before accepting her new promotion as partner in an accounting firm. Seeing as this is her first vacation in years, she plans to read and mingle with single men on the island. When she discovers a book with coded annotations blackmailing other guests, she becomes entangled in the mysterious death of a former guest while falling head-over-heels with an employee. 

I would have rated this 5 stars if I hadn’t seen one of the twists coming! 

lmt23's review

2.75
lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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nickybeereads's review against another edition

4.25
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
I have really liked the books I’ve read by the author previously and this one is a departure from her usual style. Honestly, I wasn’t sure about the FMC for the first 15-20%.
It just came off as odd to me that a solo female traveler was that sex crazed and eyeing every man off as a potential partner within 2 seconds of meeting him. The book kept hammering that point home and imo It would have benefited from dialling it back a notch as she was starting to come off as unhinged instead of sexually confident
Thankfully I persisted past my initial inclination to DNF because I really ended up enjoying it. It almost felt like the FMC was written a certain way for the first 20% and then her character altered. I enjoyed several plot twists but wasn’t at all surprised by the big one, I feel that was pretty easy to spot early on.  I still really enjoyed the journey and I didn’t pick who the murder was or their motivation. I love this new direction the author has taken and would love to read more in a similar vein. I had planned lots of chores to do today but felt compelled to read instead. My favourite book of hers I’ve so far and I’ve been reading her for close to 10 years. 

shanna_covarrubias's review against another edition

4.0
mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Loveable characters: Yes