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A review by amyiw
Absolutely, Positively by Jayne Ann Krentz
3.0
I liked it in the end but only because of the ending and how she dealt with the family. That was so great. Whereas the rest of it was only OK. I did see the "bad" guy way ahead. I had it narrowed to two and pretty much eliminated one with the story, and then there was one.
So I just couldn't take Molly's dismissiveness of the "tricks" and then the truck that put her in danger. "Oh, it might be a drunk driver." What? When you have figured out that there is something wrong and somebody targeting you? Nope. And then the chemistry, there was one point that there was some chemistry when they came together the first time but... leading up to that, I just couldn't get their attraction. And then during the investigation, it felt more of them trying to work it out not getting pulled together by chemistry. And the end, it seemed to fall into place without them even agreeing. Olivia asks, "did he tell you he loves you?" And you have to wonder, how did their relationship become so solid without that.
What makes this at all good was the family, and the family members with all their problems, not the mystery or the romance. His family is great, a big problem, especially for him, but great. All the characters were so fun to dislike, like, or find intriguing. How Molly deals with them all in the end, really made it worth the while. Still only a better than OK, to good book for me.
It is dated and this 2018 is my first read. This was written in the 90tys.
So I just couldn't take Molly's dismissiveness of the "tricks" and then the truck that put her in danger. "Oh, it might be a drunk driver." What? When you have figured out that there is something wrong and somebody targeting you? Nope. And then the chemistry, there was one point that there was some chemistry when they came together the first time but... leading up to that, I just couldn't get their attraction. And then during the investigation, it felt more of them trying to work it out not getting pulled together by chemistry. And the end, it seemed to fall into place without them even agreeing. Olivia asks, "did he tell you he loves you?" And you have to wonder, how did their relationship become so solid without that.
What makes this at all good was the family, and the family members with all their problems, not the mystery or the romance. His family is great, a big problem, especially for him, but great. All the characters were so fun to dislike, like, or find intriguing. How Molly deals with them all in the end, really made it worth the while. Still only a better than OK, to good book for me.
It is dated and this 2018 is my first read. This was written in the 90tys.