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milesandmiles 's review for:
Whisky Business
by Elliot Fletcher
I'm glad I read these out of order. I really liked the second book and I never would have picked it up if I'd read this first.
Mal was an asshole for the first half of the book. He apologizes 50% in but only because April shares more with him, not because he recognizes his behavior as inherently wrong regardless of her relationship with her grandfather or the property. Then there's so much sex and little plot until 80% when we're given a semi-tragic backstory to try and justify Mal being a jerk. FYI you can be traumatized, anxious and introverted without being mean.
Overall this book was frustrating. I didn't like the pacing. April took so much flak from Mal while fighting to save his dream and you don't really see how she copes with her own trauma. She's not quite a doormat but taking this verbal abuse when you've been financially supporting this failing business for years just felt like she lacked self respect. And until a brief mention of going to therapy at the end, Mal mostly acts like he has the emotional maturity of a toddler. Fletcher does a much better job of humanizing her characters in the next book.
Mal was an asshole for the first half of the book. He apologizes 50% in but only because April shares more with him, not because he recognizes his behavior as inherently wrong regardless of her relationship with her grandfather or the property. Then there's so much sex and little plot until 80% when we're given a semi-tragic backstory to try and justify Mal being a jerk. FYI you can be traumatized, anxious and introverted without being mean.
Overall this book was frustrating. I didn't like the pacing. April took so much flak from Mal while fighting to save his dream and you don't really see how she copes with her own trauma. She's not quite a doormat but taking this verbal abuse when you've been financially supporting this failing business for years just felt like she lacked self respect. And until a brief mention of going to therapy at the end, Mal mostly acts like he has the emotional maturity of a toddler. Fletcher does a much better job of humanizing her characters in the next book.