abbykessler8604 's review for:

A Shot of Pretty Poison by Kelsey Clayton

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I was really mad at the cliffhanger of the second book and curiosity killed the cat with this one lol. I love their love story, so the first half of this literally felt like being stabbed in the heart repeatedly. Every time I would get my hopes up something would happen and I felt just as cleaved in two as the characters. I read this in an afternoon literally speed reading cause I wanted to get to the point where the mortally wounding each other was done with. It is a 5 star read for me solely for the fact that these characters feel like a part of me now😭

The ending was a tad predictable in the fact that I guessed Monty was still alive but Riley was out of left field for sure. I appreciate the fact that it was a well planned/explained plot line with the introduction of her mom.