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A review by vickylou
Lights to My Siren by Lani Lynn Vale
1.0
I think what I have found with all of the LLV books that I have read is that I really like elements of them and really hate elements of them.
I liked both Sebastian and Baylee to start with and as the story progressed started to really dislike them.
The common theme, for me, that seems to thread through LLV's books are the time jumps. They are executed frequently leaving the reader to fill in the blanks. Don't like that... if you are creating a world, create it in its entirety... please. It is too frustrating. It is as if she doesn't know how to continue with that particular thread and it is just easier to skip... it isn't. It's lazy and not fair to the reader.
I keep getting pulled into these series and then my myself getting irritated. I understand that these are all 'alpha' men... but, bitch please? Describing Shannon as an over-eager puppy? Should've just told her that he wasn't interested, and really? Her brother wouldn't know that she was working at Hooters? Wow... I thought all these alpha types had their finger on the pulse of everything that was important to them. That Tillie? What was the point of her? Who were all the 'girls' that Sebastian no longer played with? And why did we need to know that... it added nothing to the plot and lessened my opinion of Sebastian even more. Why did he let some skanky woman sit in his lap? WTAF would he have done if Baylee had done that? And he didn't even remember?? Dick.
What was the point of the fight club? Or is it the first rule of fight club? Cos, frankly... I didn't give one flying.
The fly-by visits we had on Baylee's call-outs? What was the point of them? Her being threatened with rape? The bloke who tied up his dick and balls? Were they supposed to move the story along... cos, quite honestly, they did nothing for me.
And then Johnny. Poor kid was like an afterthought throughout it. I would've thought that Baylee and Johnny meeting for the first time was a great opportunity to have a basic and emotional exchange.
I have read so many of LLV's books... so obviously there is something that draws me in... but more often than not I end up annoyed and disliking most of the people involved. I think that I persist because I am now relatively familiar with the entire cast of this universe and there are a few that I actually do like... Aspen & Drew.
Shakes head in despair.
I liked both Sebastian and Baylee to start with and as the story progressed started to really dislike them.
The common theme, for me, that seems to thread through LLV's books are the time jumps. They are executed frequently leaving the reader to fill in the blanks. Don't like that... if you are creating a world, create it in its entirety... please. It is too frustrating. It is as if she doesn't know how to continue with that particular thread and it is just easier to skip... it isn't. It's lazy and not fair to the reader.
I keep getting pulled into these series and then my myself getting irritated. I understand that these are all 'alpha' men... but, bitch please? Describing Shannon as an over-eager puppy? Should've just told her that he wasn't interested, and really? Her brother wouldn't know that she was working at Hooters? Wow... I thought all these alpha types had their finger on the pulse of everything that was important to them. That Tillie? What was the point of her? Who were all the 'girls' that Sebastian no longer played with? And why did we need to know that... it added nothing to the plot and lessened my opinion of Sebastian even more. Why did he let some skanky woman sit in his lap? WTAF would he have done if Baylee had done that? And he didn't even remember?? Dick.
What was the point of the fight club? Or is it the first rule of fight club? Cos, frankly... I didn't give one flying.
The fly-by visits we had on Baylee's call-outs? What was the point of them? Her being threatened with rape? The bloke who tied up his dick and balls? Were they supposed to move the story along... cos, quite honestly, they did nothing for me.
And then Johnny. Poor kid was like an afterthought throughout it. I would've thought that Baylee and Johnny meeting for the first time was a great opportunity to have a basic and emotional exchange.
I have read so many of LLV's books... so obviously there is something that draws me in... but more often than not I end up annoyed and disliking most of the people involved. I think that I persist because I am now relatively familiar with the entire cast of this universe and there are a few that I actually do like... Aspen & Drew.
Shakes head in despair.