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A review by iam
Pros & Cons of Betrayal by A.E. Wasp
3.0
I was looking forward to Carson's book since the series began, and while I did enjoy his books, it didn't quite deliver what I expected.
Content warnings include: blackmail, sex on-page, lots of criminal energy, SWAT team raid, lack of respect in an established relationship (not main couple), mentions of sexual harassment of minors and abuse, homophobia, getting kicked out for being gay.
For one, there isn't really a job this time around. Which would have been fine, except the motivation for why there was no job wasn't explored enough to really make it make sense.
I get that this is more of a light-hearted series that doesn't go too deep in any direction, and I enjoy the cast and their interactions immensely, but I still found myself wanting more.
This was emphasized by the pacing, which was surprisingly slow in the first half, just to be excessively fast towards the end.
One reason I was looking forward to this one so much was that I was fascinated by Carson himself, his skills and the personas he can build.
There was pretty much none of that in Pros & Cons of Betrayal. I'm not sure if this was because of the plot not including a job, and it being more about Carson finding back to his roots and exploring who he is behind the Carson Grieves Persona, but also partly because reading from his POV took away the mystery.
Another big issue that I had was that the editing in this was atrocious. I do not mind a typo or two, but this was really bad. There were a ton of missed words, typos, grammar errors and several continuity errors, especially close to the end. At least the ebook formatting was without issues.
I nevertheless didn't have a bad time at all. I enjoy this series a lot, and I'm curious and excited for the next book, [b:Pros & Cons of Obsession|55883641|Pros & Cons of Obsession (Pros & Cons, #5)|A.E. Wasp|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1605196424l/55883641._SX50_.jpg|87095565].
Lastly I want to mention that there is a side character with Down Syndrome. I cannot reliably comment of how well this was handled. It overall seemed fine and respectful to me, though there were a couple instances where I wasn't sure.
Content warnings include: blackmail, sex on-page, lots of criminal energy, SWAT team raid, lack of respect in an established relationship (not main couple), mentions of sexual harassment of minors and abuse, homophobia, getting kicked out for being gay.
For one, there isn't really a job this time around. Which would have been fine, except the motivation for why there was no job wasn't explored enough to really make it make sense.
I get that this is more of a light-hearted series that doesn't go too deep in any direction, and I enjoy the cast and their interactions immensely, but I still found myself wanting more.
This was emphasized by the pacing, which was surprisingly slow in the first half, just to be excessively fast towards the end.
One reason I was looking forward to this one so much was that I was fascinated by Carson himself, his skills and the personas he can build.
There was pretty much none of that in Pros & Cons of Betrayal. I'm not sure if this was because of the plot not including a job, and it being more about Carson finding back to his roots and exploring who he is behind the Carson Grieves Persona, but also partly because reading from his POV took away the mystery.
Another big issue that I had was that the editing in this was atrocious. I do not mind a typo or two, but this was really bad. There were a ton of missed words, typos, grammar errors and several continuity errors, especially close to the end. At least the ebook formatting was without issues.
I nevertheless didn't have a bad time at all. I enjoy this series a lot, and I'm curious and excited for the next book, [b:Pros & Cons of Obsession|55883641|Pros & Cons of Obsession (Pros & Cons, #5)|A.E. Wasp|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1605196424l/55883641._SX50_.jpg|87095565].
Lastly I want to mention that there is a side character with Down Syndrome. I cannot reliably comment of how well this was handled. It overall seemed fine and respectful to me, though there were a couple instances where I wasn't sure.