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A review by miss617
Every Reasonable Doubt by Pamela Samuels Young
4.0
3.5 stars
First book by this author and it was a decent read. I do have a couple of gripes.
There was something wrong with the editing in a couple of places. For example, there were a few pieces of dialogue that did not have end quotation marks. There was also a quote during the trial that seemed to open mid-sentence (but had no opening quotation marks). It wasn't terrible, but the rest of the book was pretty well edited, so I'm not sure how those were missed.
Jefferson. Good lord, I did not like him at all. The way he was pressuring Vernetta was disgusting, and then the way he acted afterwards was a perfect example of toxic masculinity. The only thing I somewhat sympathized with him on was that Vernetta could have tried to spend more time with him, but he also knew what her job was when they got married. That's not to say Vernetta was blameless, but I think she folded a little too quickly during one of their arguments.
Overall, though, I enjoyed the book, even though I kind of had an idea of how it would play out. I was surprised by a couple of the twists, and there was a little statement Tina made toward the end that I thought Neddy would have picked up on. I thought perhaps I missed something or that Tina was repeating a lie she had been told. I see that Neddy isn't in the next book, which is a shame.
First book by this author and it was a decent read. I do have a couple of gripes.
There was something wrong with the editing in a couple of places. For example, there were a few pieces of dialogue that did not have end quotation marks. There was also a quote during the trial that seemed to open mid-sentence (but had no opening quotation marks). It wasn't terrible, but the rest of the book was pretty well edited, so I'm not sure how those were missed.
Jefferson. Good lord, I did not like him at all. The way he was pressuring Vernetta was disgusting, and then the way he acted afterwards was a perfect example of toxic masculinity. The only thing I somewhat sympathized with him on was that Vernetta could have tried to spend more time with him, but he also knew what her job was when they got married. That's not to say Vernetta was blameless, but I think she folded a little too quickly during one of their arguments.
Overall, though, I enjoyed the book, even though I kind of had an idea of how it would play out. I was surprised by a couple of the twists, and there was a little statement Tina made toward the end that I thought Neddy would have picked up on. I thought perhaps I missed something or that Tina was repeating a lie she had been told. I see that Neddy isn't in the next book, which is a shame.