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R.J. Scott, V.L. Locey

DID NOT FINISH: 65%

Everything has resolved. Good. Great. End of book. 

Godfather Wars

Brittany Cournoyer

DID NOT FINISH: 70%

This is a trash can fire I am done with. 
adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Ridiculous but lots of fun. 
funny mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

These are very formulaic. To such an extent, that you can use this quote meant to summarize book 2 to describe book 3, and it sounds like it’s going to describe book 4 too. (And if you modify what’s being referred to here as a “relationship”, it works to summarize book 1 as well.)

“Solve the crime or fix the relationship—Cooper Dayton can’t seem to do both”

On top of that, I’m not convinced that Cooper and Oliver were needed at all to solve this mystery. I think this would have been much better if told from the point of view of one of the side characters.

On top of that, there’s plot holes that I’m super confused by. I’m not sure I’ll continue this series. 
funny mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Meh. The adnteure/journey of the book was fun but
I found the ending to be seriously weak with a couple plot holes and the big reveal to be ultimately unsatisfying.
On top of that, there’s some non-mystery related things that went unresolved. I’ll read the last one just to finish off the series though. 
funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

An extra half star for actually making me cry, though I’m having an depressive day, so I may just be awarding it points for catching me on the right day.
emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated