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A review by ncrabb
Living the Vida Lola by Melissa Bourbon
2.0
This was a fun little mystery/romance I thought the writing was a bit redundant and shabby in spots. Lola at age 28 isn't your typical PI. Those who think of her as shallow and clueless do so to their peril. A young boy's mom hone missing in Sacramento, and it's up to Lola to figure out where she is and what happened. This is a fun book in which Latin culture is front and center. You see the little conflicts here between Lola the Catholic girl and Lola the temptress who has had a thing for reporter Jack Callahan since both were in high school.
I think this book would have been better had I read it in a form other than via Audible. The narrator was so off-putting and distracting to me that her performance actually interfered with my ability to just enjoy the plot and characters. Combine that with the sometimes threadbare wrinkled-rug writing style that manifests itself here, and you have a two-star book. There are other books in the series, but it's highly unlikely that I'll read them, especially if they cost me one of my precious Audible credits.
I think this book would have been better had I read it in a form other than via Audible. The narrator was so off-putting and distracting to me that her performance actually interfered with my ability to just enjoy the plot and characters. Combine that with the sometimes threadbare wrinkled-rug writing style that manifests itself here, and you have a two-star book. There are other books in the series, but it's highly unlikely that I'll read them, especially if they cost me one of my precious Audible credits.