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A review by bookish_kristina
Once Upon a Murder by Samantha Larsen
2.0
When the sequel ruins the first book…
I’m going to prefix this by saying I really enjoyed the first book, it was fun and quirky and the heroine was so strong. She took her dire situation into her own hands and triumphed. She found the love of a great man with integrity who supported her throughout. I was extremely excited to read more about these two great characters but alas it was not to be.
In the second book, without revealing spoilers, Tiffany was a meek mouse and Samir was a lying, equally meek, milksop. I envied the dead guy, because I would have loved a knock to the head to forget much of this.
The plot was messy, character details didn’t jive with the first book and the twists and turns were nonsensical much of the time. I ended up disliking both mains at the end and couldn’t care less about their HEA. If ever a second book was not needed it was this book. I am very disappointed.
Thank goodness I had my emotional support buddy reader with me through this traumatic time. ❤️ Dab, we got through this together.
Thanks to NetGalley and Crooked Lane Publishing for providing the copy in exchange for my honest review and sorry for being so very honest.
I’m going to prefix this by saying I really enjoyed the first book, it was fun and quirky and the heroine was so strong. She took her dire situation into her own hands and triumphed. She found the love of a great man with integrity who supported her throughout. I was extremely excited to read more about these two great characters but alas it was not to be.
In the second book, without revealing spoilers, Tiffany was a meek mouse and Samir was a lying, equally meek, milksop. I envied the dead guy, because I would have loved a knock to the head to forget much of this.
The plot was messy, character details didn’t jive with the first book and the twists and turns were nonsensical much of the time. I ended up disliking both mains at the end and couldn’t care less about their HEA. If ever a second book was not needed it was this book. I am very disappointed.
Thank goodness I had my emotional support buddy reader with me through this traumatic time. ❤️ Dab, we got through this together.
Thanks to NetGalley and Crooked Lane Publishing for providing the copy in exchange for my honest review and sorry for being so very honest.