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A review by mwana
The Starr Sting Scale: The Candace Starr Series by C.S. O’Cinneide
1.0
This book is just.... Lmao... Just no... It's clunky, gets expositional when it doesn't need to and not forgetting the bigotry.
Candace is a retired hit woman who is approached by a stepford wife to off the daughter's boyfriend. The money is tempting but she decides not to do it because she doesn't like the idea of offing a kid. It doesn't even matter since the boy is found dead later and a cop, the most inept waste of skin since the mayor of townsville, ropes Candace in to try and solve the murder. And why should Candace help solve the murder of who killed Tyler Brent? Because the cop, Malone, has the info on who killed Candace's father years ago.
I kept getting impatient with the book and was really disappointed with how they treated Black people. This book should also have given trigger warnings for racial slurs and mentions of rape. There is also a scene that turned my stomach. Frankly it was as necessary as Ramsay's marriage to Sansa. Just added in to showcase brutality.
The mystery of who killed Candace's father was also unsatisfactory in its solving. Candace's sleuthing didn't give them any results. Making me wonder why I had to endure all those pages if Malone's bungling and a phone call would lead me to all I needed to know anyway. There's a big "plot twist" at the end but you'd have to not be paying attention to not see it coming.
Thanks to Netgalley for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review.
Candace is a retired hit woman who is approached by a stepford wife to off the daughter's boyfriend. The money is tempting but she decides not to do it because she doesn't like the idea of offing a kid. It doesn't even matter since the boy is found dead later and a cop, the most inept waste of skin since the mayor of townsville, ropes Candace in to try and solve the murder. And why should Candace help solve the murder of who killed Tyler Brent? Because the cop, Malone, has the info on who killed Candace's father years ago.
I kept getting impatient with the book and was really disappointed with how they treated Black people. This book should also have given trigger warnings for racial slurs and mentions of rape. There is also a scene that turned my stomach. Frankly it was as necessary as Ramsay's marriage to Sansa. Just added in to showcase brutality.
The mystery of who killed Candace's father was also unsatisfactory in its solving. Candace's sleuthing didn't give them any results. Making me wonder why I had to endure all those pages if Malone's bungling and a phone call would lead me to all I needed to know anyway. There's a big "plot twist" at the end but you'd have to not be paying attention to not see it coming.
Thanks to Netgalley for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review.