Which was a wasted opportunity, but not the end of the world. But mostly, he and Sam were just kind of there. He's evolved into something of a high-maintenance drama queen. Jason indulged himself in internal theatrics that made no sense to me. Nothing happened in the romance department. What the hell was going on in the final pages? Whodunnit? Why was that guy in the water? (view spoiler) How did he get there, what was going on, why am I wasting my time writing about this, the book doesn't deserve this much effort from me, ugh, let's move on to the romance. WTF, does any of what I said even make sense? If not, it fits right in. Or it had been solved, but I didn't understand it? And the friend I was buddy-reading with didn't understand it either? So, was it solved, and we weren't smart enough to get it? Or was it not solved, and there was a final wrap-up chapter missing? Or was it intended to be a second cliffhanger? There was already one cliffhanger, but that was for the series as a whole, and typically a book-specific mystery will be wrapped up at the end, even though the whole-series mystery continues unsolved until the final book. Then the book suddenly stopped, without the mystery being solved. Which was fine - somewhat eyeroll-inducing, but whatever. It's like the author wanted every previous book in the series to be connected to this book, with bad guys reappearing and plots intersecting and old resolved storylines being un-resolved and resurrected. except that coincidence after coincidence after coincidence accumulated. Still, the investigation was interesting enough. I have to say, though, that when it comes to undercover work, Jason makes Victor Bayne look good. This may include spoilers, although it's kind of hard to judge whether you're spoiling something when you don't actually know or understand what happened.įor most of the book I enjoyed the mystery. There's a mystery component and a romance component.

except that coincidence after coincidence ** 2.5 stars ** For most of the book I enjoyed the mystery. The Mystery This may include spoilers, although it's kind of hard to judge whether you're spoiling something when you don't actually know or understand what happened. ** 2.5 stars ** There's a mystery component and a romance component.

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