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A review by melg14
The Field of Wrongdoing by Lili St. Germain
2.0
Honestly, I feel like I only like Germain's Violent Kingdom series so far. I didn't like the Gypsy Brothers series and this one was another disappoint. If I didn't read Violent Kingdom first I wouldn't try any of her books again after these failures.
I read some reviews already that listed some of the trigger warnings (anorexia, rape, statutory rape, incest, self harm, (sexual) abuse, etc.) so I wasn't as surprised when they happened, but I was surprised with the storytelling. This was definitely a field of wrong doings that cycled one after the next with no regard them after they were somewhat resolved. Characters and details were presented but had no bearing to the actual story (never to be brought up again). Jennifer wasn't even Cassie's friend.
The romance? Nonexistent, no development, they interacted like a few times throughout the whole book after he was released from prison. It was mostly them dealing with shit individually and she didn't even think about Leo throughout it all while he thought about her constantly. They didn't even get to know their new selves before suddenly getting together at the end.
You would think that since this was a republishing, the editing and storytelling would improve but no. Some beginning sentences were randomly bolded while others not. Like was there any differences from its old version, Gun Shy?
I read some reviews already that listed some of the trigger warnings (anorexia, rape, statutory rape, incest, self harm, (sexual) abuse, etc.) so I wasn't as surprised when they happened, but I was surprised with the storytelling. This was definitely a field of wrong doings that cycled one after the next with no regard them after they were somewhat resolved. Characters and details were presented but had no bearing to the actual story (never to be brought up again). Jennifer wasn't even Cassie's friend.
The romance? Nonexistent, no development, they interacted like a few times throughout the whole book after he was released from prison. It was mostly them dealing with shit individually and she didn't even think about Leo throughout it all while he thought about her constantly. They didn't even get to know their new selves before suddenly getting together at the end.
Spoiler
I wanted to know why Damon was obsessed with Cassie. He never explained what about her was so special. I feel like that would make all this shit more believable.You would think that since this was a republishing, the editing and storytelling would improve but no. Some beginning sentences were randomly bolded while others not. Like was there any differences from its old version, Gun Shy?