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P.S. I Spook You
by S.E. Harmon
~ 2.5 stars ~
Well... This was disappointing.
I love my mysteries! I love delving into a book to find out who the "bad guy" is, to follow the clues and twists and turns to get to the bottom of things, and I fist-pump the air when I can figure it out before the book ends.
I liked the idea of the book, the characters - especially Rain - and the snarky, humorous banter between the MCs. This saved the book at least somewhat for me and makes me consider reading the next one if this becomes a series.
But the things that didn't work for me overshadowed the whole book:
The timeline of the case the MCs were working and important details surrounding the mystery were faulty and it was very distracting because I had to re-read several pages/passages to make sure I didn't miss anything:
Things that are of importance to the story were dropped without explanation or written off with just a few sentences. For me the three most important things were:
Other editing issues like the sequence of actions (example: stubbing out a cigarette and then taking another slow drag without lightening a new cigarette) were not as glaringly obvious or numerous but still distracting when I caught them.
If you love mysteries and have as much fun as I have trying to figure things out, I don't recommend this book. But if the mystery aspect of a book isn't that important to you and you are more interested in snarky banter between two interesting MCs, you might like this book more than I did.
Well... This was disappointing.
I love my mysteries! I love delving into a book to find out who the "bad guy" is, to follow the clues and twists and turns to get to the bottom of things, and I fist-pump the air when I can figure it out before the book ends.
I liked the idea of the book, the characters - especially Rain - and the snarky, humorous banter between the MCs. This saved the book at least somewhat for me and makes me consider reading the next one if this becomes a series.
But the things that didn't work for me overshadowed the whole book:
The timeline of the case the MCs were working and important details surrounding the mystery were faulty and it was very distracting because I had to re-read several pages/passages to make sure I didn't miss anything:
- Amy was missing for 5 years but one witness remembers a detail about her from only 1 year ago
- the necklace and how it ended up where it was found didn't add up:Spoiler
The way it was written, Amy and Jenna broke up before Amy drove to Brock's house where she left her purse. Brock later buried the purse after Amy went missing. When they found the purse, Jenna's necklace was found in it. But it was said that Jenna's mother took the necklace from Jenna after she and Amy broke up and then followed Amy to Brock's house. There is no way Jenna's mother had access to Amy's purse or could have given Amy the necklace before she left her purse in Brook's house.
- The MCs had been together for 4 years followed by 3 years of being separated. One MC (or both of them - I can't be sure about this because there weren't enough details given about their backstory) worked as a police officer at the time Amy went missing (5 years ago) and she went missing in their hometown or close to it. Add to that that one witness is related to one of the MCs and I have a hard time believing that they just now heard about the case for the first time. But the way Rain especially approached the case and thought about it, you don't get the feeling that he already knew about it.
Things that are of importance to the story were dropped without explanation or written off with just a few sentences. For me the three most important things were:
- Rain seeing ghosts: Since when did he see them? For only a few years or longer? If him seeing ghosts was the main part of the reason, I'd have liked more information about it.Spoiler
why he left Danny
- Anna: She was just dropped. I'd hoped the MCs would talk about her, bring her story to a conclusion but it never happened.
- Ethan: He was an important character in the book but the execution of his wish was over and done with in only a few sentences.
Other editing issues like the sequence of actions (example: stubbing out a cigarette and then taking another slow drag without lightening a new cigarette) were not as glaringly obvious or numerous but still distracting when I caught them.
If you love mysteries and have as much fun as I have trying to figure things out, I don't recommend this book. But if the mystery aspect of a book isn't that important to you and you are more interested in snarky banter between two interesting MCs, you might like this book more than I did.