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A review by ppcfransen
A Deadly Legacy by E.V. Hunter
Did not finish book.
The story starts about a month after the death of Frank, Drew’s brother. Cheryl is grieving and lamenting what an unlikeable person the widow is. Then in comes the widow and informs them of Frank’s wishes regarding the hotel.
I’m not immediately charmed by the characters. Drew, Cheryl, Alexi and Jack are all very hostile towards Stella. My empathy actually lies with her. It’s the first in the series for me, and that means characters have to start out likeable (and not hostile and judgmental) for me to like them. Would have helped greatly if Stella’s earlier behaviour had been shown rather than told, and everyone was nice and open minded towards her, but she just made it really hard to keep that up.
Without that background the main characters just seem unsympathetic.
Jack and Alexi set out to investigate Stella’s background. What they find is that Stella is a token evil person. The only reason she’s not twirrling a moustache, is because she is a beautiful woman and doesn’t have facial hair.
Stopped reading at 42%. Stella’s been killed and despite the round the clock survaillance Jack put on the flat she’d been staying, Jack and Alexi still need 150 pages to solves this murder. And I simply don’t care that one of their friends is a possible suspect. I actually like him to be detained by the police for a while.
I read an ARC through NetGalley.
I’m not immediately charmed by the characters. Drew, Cheryl, Alexi and Jack are all very hostile towards Stella. My empathy actually lies with her. It’s the first in the series for me, and that means characters have to start out likeable (and not hostile and judgmental) for me to like them. Would have helped greatly if Stella’s earlier behaviour had been shown rather than told, and everyone was nice and open minded towards her, but she just made it really hard to keep that up.
Without that background the main characters just seem unsympathetic.
Jack and Alexi set out to investigate Stella’s background. What they find is that Stella is a token evil person. The only reason she’s not twirrling a moustache, is because she is a beautiful woman and doesn’t have facial hair.
Stopped reading at 42%. Stella’s been killed and despite the round the clock survaillance Jack put on the flat she’d been staying, Jack and Alexi still need 150 pages to solves this murder. And I simply don’t care that one of their friends is a possible suspect. I actually like him to be detained by the police for a while.
I read an ARC through NetGalley.