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A review by kitvaria_sarene
The Last Serenade by Amanda DeWees
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
3.0
While this was still fun and entertaining, I sadly didn't love it nearly as much as I did the first book, and a Christmas novella I read.
Sybill has somehow gone from a strong lead to insecure and somewhat timid. Both her and Roderick travel to Paris to help out Julia, his ex that is only out for herself. She's so obviously a horrible person, but nevertheless our main characters feel sorry for her and want to help. It just didn't really feel very likely to which lengths they'd go for someone I'd just have slammed the door in her face.
The romance also is upped a lot, and I preferred the lower dosage in book one. Again Sybill is so insecure, and Roderick is the experienced man, which does fit with their backstory, but I found it a bit annoying how it was made an important topic.
The plot felt a bit weird as well, as in the likelihood of the plan actually working looks minimal. There would be so many easier ways to try, but no, we go with a really weird idea. A lot of things are also simply really convenient.
On the other hand I liked the murder mystery and was happy to follow the clues and guess at possible scenarios. I also really adored the theatre setting, and learning more about prompts and behind the scenes stuff!
Even though I am complaining, I mostly still liked our main characters, so I was well entertained and didn't regret having read it, I just didn't adore it as much as I did with the first book.
Sybill has somehow gone from a strong lead to insecure and somewhat timid. Both her and Roderick travel to Paris to help out Julia, his ex that is only out for herself. She's so obviously a horrible person, but nevertheless our main characters feel sorry for her and want to help. It just didn't really feel very likely to which lengths they'd go for someone I'd just have slammed the door in her face.
The romance also is upped a lot, and I preferred the lower dosage in book one. Again Sybill is so insecure, and Roderick is the experienced man, which does fit with their backstory, but I found it a bit annoying how it was made an important topic.
The plot felt a bit weird as well, as in the likelihood of the plan actually working looks minimal. There would be so many easier ways to try, but no, we go with a really weird idea. A lot of things are also simply really convenient.
On the other hand I liked the murder mystery and was happy to follow the clues and guess at possible scenarios. I also really adored the theatre setting, and learning more about prompts and behind the scenes stuff!
Even though I am complaining, I mostly still liked our main characters, so I was well entertained and didn't regret having read it, I just didn't adore it as much as I did with the first book.