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A review by moonpie
The Frame-Up by Meghan Scott Molin
3.0
Not the best of times, not the worst of times. The main character is a nerd who's Not Like Other Girls!, but I enjoyed all the pop culture references. The romantic bits reminded me why I avoid most romances ("You are quite the force to be reckoned with, aren't you?") but it was all cute enough for what it was, nothing that made me slam the book shut in disgust, just some eye-rolls.
The case that's the centerpiece of the story is mostly predictable and unbelievable, but fluffy and fun enough that I finished the book. When I hit the end, I thought it was ridiculous that the main whodunnit wasn't wrapped up, but I should have realized that this was the beginning of a series, since everything must now be a series foreverrrrrr.
Odd little rabbit trail: I've never heard the phrase "printing press" used to mean "printing company" or "print shop" the way Molin uses it (seems a bit redundant since a press is a business that prints things), so sentence constructions like "We met at the printing press" threw me off—I kept thinking of it as a singular press. Let's all meet at the Ryobi!
(two and a half stars)
The case that's the centerpiece of the story is mostly predictable and unbelievable, but fluffy and fun enough that I finished the book. When I hit the end, I thought it was ridiculous that the main whodunnit wasn't wrapped up, but I should have realized that this was the beginning of a series, since everything must now be a series foreverrrrrr.
Odd little rabbit trail: I've never heard the phrase "printing press" used to mean "printing company" or "print shop" the way Molin uses it (seems a bit redundant since a press is a business that prints things), so sentence constructions like "We met at the printing press" threw me off—I kept thinking of it as a singular press. Let's all meet at the Ryobi!
(two and a half stars)