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Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes
DID NOT FINISH: 54%

I wanted to give this book a fair chance, but I just couldn't make it through. I went into it totally set for some silly sci-fi fun based off the glowing recommendation and charming summary I read. But instead, I found the lead annoying, her oh so zany antics and hijinks tiring--not funny, and her love interest far too flat and boring. There were a lot of attempts at humor in this book, but they rarely landed for me. In particular, the abundant Mass Effect references the author couldn't help but keep making really started to grate on me before I even reached the halfway point.

And then it hit me that Vakar was just Garrus... this is just shakarian fanfiction with the serial numbers filed off! And I think that was the beginning of the end for my will to make it all the way through.  

Sorry, but Captain Eva is no Commander Shepard.