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A review by orbisonblue
The Book Of Daniel by Z.A. Maxfield
3.0
I read all four books in this series in quick succession and was surprised to find myself disappointed by them all, for similar reasons. The first, [b:St. Nacho's|6055836|St. Nacho's (St. Nacho's #1)|Z.A. Maxfield|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1306521778s/6055836.jpg|6231839], I never felt as though I knew Shawn well enough to feel the connection between him and Cooper. The second, third and fourth books all ended abruptly and I felt like I missed large chunks of the story. For example, in this one, when Dan leaves St Nacho's and has the real estate battle with his own company over the resort, everything happens off-page and I thought, if ZAM had gone into detail and explained about what was happening between Dan and Cam as a result of the battle, we'd understand their relationship better and it would enhance the connection between them.
I just felt like there was all this set-up and build up towards the end of all three books, and then they suddenly ended, neatly wrapped up, I must admit, but very unsatisfactorily so if you like to feel that emotions and characters are consistent, that everyone who made mistakes or hurt someone apologised to the affected party and that the MCs' relationship is solid and good. For goodness' sake, in [b:Jacob's Ladder|7885847|Jacob's Ladder (St. Nacho's #3)|Z.A. Maxfield|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1275884033s/7885847.jpg|11100549], JT never even tells Jake he loves him, even at the end!
I will say that, as always, ZAM wrote beautifully and her characters were depicted well. I'm a big fan of hers, which is why I was so surprised not to like these books as much as some people here.
I felt like I could have loved these books, if they hadn't ended so suddenly and with so much happening off-page.
I just felt like there was all this set-up and build up towards the end of all three books, and then they suddenly ended, neatly wrapped up, I must admit, but very unsatisfactorily so if you like to feel that emotions and characters are consistent, that everyone who made mistakes or hurt someone apologised to the affected party and that the MCs' relationship is solid and good. For goodness' sake, in [b:Jacob's Ladder|7885847|Jacob's Ladder (St. Nacho's #3)|Z.A. Maxfield|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1275884033s/7885847.jpg|11100549], JT never even tells Jake he loves him, even at the end!
I will say that, as always, ZAM wrote beautifully and her characters were depicted well. I'm a big fan of hers, which is why I was so surprised not to like these books as much as some people here.
I felt like I could have loved these books, if they hadn't ended so suddenly and with so much happening off-page.