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A review by courtney_saba
Pride and Premeditation by Steffanie Holmes
2.0
And things are going downhill. How disappointing.
The murder-mystery here is boring. I was bored with everything having to do with the murder. Now, Mina's father, the time traveling room, the RH romance...that's what kept me from DNFing.
Also, I noticed it in the first 2 books, but it was tolerable then, but not in this one:
1) everyone over explains themselves and talks too much. I wanted more action. More showing than telling. 2) sometimes I question their foursome. Sometimes I feel like the characters were forced together by the author, and I don't understand their feelings for each other. 3) the murder after murder are becoming too unbelievable. One murder in the first book, understandable. But the sequel's mystery wasn't all that great, and this one was even worse. In a tiny town, this many murders is questionable.
The only reason I kept reading was for the overarching theme and mystery of Mina and the bookshop. It took me a long time to get through this book. It was exasperating, boring, and too tame. Moriarty is the Napoleon of Crime. He's supposed to be a darkly clever and charming character, and the author tries her best, but the result isn't all that great. Quoth is basically a doormat without much of a personality. Heathcliff is always growling. Anything he says is always growled. It never says "he said," but "he growled." I get it, but no one growls that much, if they growl at all. The love declarations seemed to come out of nowhere, too. Why do they love Mina? I'm always questioning it now.
Before, I could shove these complaints to the back of my mind and enjoy the story, but now, in the third book, it's annoying and obvious.
Overall, I was mildly entertained, especially in the beginning and during the smutty moments. I wouldn't recommend it or re-read it, though. Maybe if you want to figure out the bookshop mystery and read the smut parts, but you could skip the murder mystery and miss nothing.
Happy reading, Goodreads fiends.
The murder-mystery here is boring. I was bored with everything having to do with the murder. Now, Mina's father, the time traveling room, the RH romance...that's what kept me from DNFing.
Also, I noticed it in the first 2 books, but it was tolerable then, but not in this one:
1) everyone over explains themselves and talks too much. I wanted more action. More showing than telling. 2) sometimes I question their foursome. Sometimes I feel like the characters were forced together by the author, and I don't understand their feelings for each other. 3) the murder after murder are becoming too unbelievable. One murder in the first book, understandable. But the sequel's mystery wasn't all that great, and this one was even worse. In a tiny town, this many murders is questionable.
The only reason I kept reading was for the overarching theme and mystery of Mina and the bookshop. It took me a long time to get through this book. It was exasperating, boring, and too tame. Moriarty is the Napoleon of Crime. He's supposed to be a darkly clever and charming character, and the author tries her best, but the result isn't all that great. Quoth is basically a doormat without much of a personality. Heathcliff is always growling. Anything he says is always growled. It never says "he said," but "he growled." I get it, but no one growls that much, if they growl at all. The love declarations seemed to come out of nowhere, too. Why do they love Mina? I'm always questioning it now.
Before, I could shove these complaints to the back of my mind and enjoy the story, but now, in the third book, it's annoying and obvious.
Overall, I was mildly entertained, especially in the beginning and during the smutty moments. I wouldn't recommend it or re-read it, though. Maybe if you want to figure out the bookshop mystery and read the smut parts, but you could skip the murder mystery and miss nothing.
Happy reading, Goodreads fiends.