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A review by brii_brii
Plot and Bothered by Steffanie Holmes
2.0
I really do love the titles of the books in this series. If anything, Steffanie Holmes got that down to a T.
Moving forward…
One of my biggest pet peeves in any book series is when we suddenly switch things up at the very end. UGH. The last 8.5 bok have been told from Mina's point of view, and now… NOW after 8.5 books, we get a mixed pov. No. Nope. I don't want to start seeing into the minds of the guys. It changes the way I view them and the way I think of them. It does feel like the same characters, and it throws me all out of whack.
We also went backward in this series when it comes to Mina and her self-confidence. I really enjoyed watching her grow after getting her diagnosys, leaving the fashion industry, and her vision deteriorating. It was wonderful to see her get into writing and find something that makes her happy. The last book we saw her kind of be hard on herself, but then with this one starting with the book launch, I thought we moved on. We didn't. She put herself down the entire book. I found this rather frustrating because we had already moved past this in the series, and it felt like a full circle. I also really dislike it because she's literally writing the first novel of this series, and it just… I don't know. It didn't feel genuine to me.
We spent too much time chasing a duck. The guys spent too much time hiding shit and lying to Mina, and the dude that was actually murdered didn't get enough attention.
Honestly, also really bloody obvious who the killer was in the first, is dunno, dozen pages.
Considering this is the last one, I'm quite upset I didn't enjoy it more.
Moving forward…
One of my biggest pet peeves in any book series is when we suddenly switch things up at the very end. UGH. The last 8.5 bok have been told from Mina's point of view, and now… NOW after 8.5 books, we get a mixed pov. No. Nope. I don't want to start seeing into the minds of the guys. It changes the way I view them and the way I think of them. It does feel like the same characters, and it throws me all out of whack.
We also went backward in this series when it comes to Mina and her self-confidence. I really enjoyed watching her grow after getting her diagnosys, leaving the fashion industry, and her vision deteriorating. It was wonderful to see her get into writing and find something that makes her happy. The last book we saw her kind of be hard on herself, but then with this one starting with the book launch, I thought we moved on. We didn't. She put herself down the entire book. I found this rather frustrating because we had already moved past this in the series, and it felt like a full circle. I also really dislike it because she's literally writing the first novel of this series, and it just… I don't know. It didn't feel genuine to me.
We spent too much time chasing a duck. The guys spent too much time hiding shit and lying to Mina, and the dude that was actually murdered didn't get enough attention.
Honestly, also really bloody obvious who the killer was in the first, is dunno, dozen pages.
Considering this is the last one, I'm quite upset I didn't enjoy it more.