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A review by ellasreadingnook
Maidens of the Cave by Lloyd Devereux Richards
3.0
2.5 rounded up to 3
I was a little nervous about jumping into this second installment of the series since I hadn’t read the first, but it was very easy to understand! There were definitely some references to the first book, but they didn’t get in the way of understanding the plot or characters.
The book started off very strong with the prologue, but just a few chapters into it, I found myself getting annoyed with Christine’s character pretty quickly. Christine is supposedly a forensic anthropologist, but throughout the entire book, she takes on roles of the entirety of the FBI. While her superiors try to tell Christine that she does not have the clearance to be interviewing those that she believes to be involved in the crime, she simply ignores them. This made it so hard for me to root for Christine’s character.
I think this book would’ve made more sense and been more enjoyable if there was more of Christine doing forensic work instead of being a Poirot-type detective. My dislike for her character just made it really hard to get through the book.
Thank you HarperCollins and William Morrow for sending me an ARC!
I was a little nervous about jumping into this second installment of the series since I hadn’t read the first, but it was very easy to understand! There were definitely some references to the first book, but they didn’t get in the way of understanding the plot or characters.
The book started off very strong with the prologue, but just a few chapters into it, I found myself getting annoyed with Christine’s character pretty quickly. Christine is supposedly a forensic anthropologist, but throughout the entire book, she takes on roles of the entirety of the FBI. While her superiors try to tell Christine that she does not have the clearance to be interviewing those that she believes to be involved in the crime, she simply ignores them. This made it so hard for me to root for Christine’s character.
I think this book would’ve made more sense and been more enjoyable if there was more of Christine doing forensic work instead of being a Poirot-type detective. My dislike for her character just made it really hard to get through the book.
Thank you HarperCollins and William Morrow for sending me an ARC!