A review by bookedwithmelissa
Destructively Mine by Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

3.5

3.5⭐, 2.5🌶️

 

I'm honestly not sure what to think about this book. My initial qualms were that I remembered soo little from reading Dishonestly Yours last summer. I WISH the book gave more subtle recaps early on in the book - there are so many things going on that I was so lost and had to go find other reviews that gave full recaps of book one. I strongly feel that if I read this book closer to book one I would have enjoyed it more.

At times I was so invested in the mystery of the characters backgrounds, and then they would start having these obscure conflicts or conversations where it made no sense and just felt like unnecessary filler to the book. Jake's involvement in this book made kinda sense, but also didnt. The book itself felt too long and without reason. The romance between Rocky and Pheobe felt very low-importance and was just there for super random spice scenes.

What in the world was going on with Hailey? Was she this quirky in book one and I just dont remember? The characters all have such weird side stories that paying attention to each of them felt impossible and I really ended up losing the feelings of investment in all stories. By 70% I was just drained and ready for the story to be over, then of course the last 20% was pure chaos and I loved it.

Sorry my review for this book is basically "I honestly dont know whther I liked this book or not."

Sorry, not sorry (but kinda sorry). I loveeed book one and this one was just a totally different experience for me reading.

Thank you NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for an eARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.