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Bombshell
by Sarah MacLean
2 1/2 ⭐️ I wanted to like this book so much. I really did. I had high hopes because I loved the Bareknuckle Bastards series (for the most part), but I struggled with Bombshell. It was almost a DNF. The only thing that kept me going was that I did actually want to know how it would end.
I didn’t really feel the connection between Sesily and Caleb at all, which may be because I haven’t read the series from which these characters originated. Whatever the reason, that in itself makes it difficult to feel invested in a romance. There was also some repetitiveness to the writing that really pulled me out of the story (the word ‘lush’ appears 27 times, and if it’s enough for me to check that number, it’s enough to be super distracting). It was almost like the writing was too historical romancey, but then other times the characters would use language that sounded too contemporary.
I hate that I didn’t love it. And maybe this first book just isn’t for me, because seeing the interaction between Imogen and Detective Peck towards the end had me pretty excited at the prospect of them having their own book down the track.
I didn’t really feel the connection between Sesily and Caleb at all, which may be because I haven’t read the series from which these characters originated. Whatever the reason, that in itself makes it difficult to feel invested in a romance. There was also some repetitiveness to the writing that really pulled me out of the story (the word ‘lush’ appears 27 times, and if it’s enough for me to check that number, it’s enough to be super distracting). It was almost like the writing was too historical romancey, but then other times the characters would use language that sounded too contemporary.
I hate that I didn’t love it. And maybe this first book just isn’t for me, because seeing the interaction between Imogen and Detective Peck towards the end had me pretty excited at the prospect of them having their own book down the track.