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UNPOPULAR OPINION ALERT!

2 stars.

This did not work for me. I had high hopes going into this as it’s a very popular book, but this was a complete miss. Perhaps the overhyping played a part?

Lowen is hired to continue writing a book series after the original author is injured in an accident. Lowen moves into the authors home to work from her office surrounded by the authors family.

This novel started off strong. I was pulled into the mystery and suspense of the first quarter but my connection ended there. The pace picked up for me again near the end during the big reveal, but it wasn’t enough to have me feeling any sort of investment in the storyline. My main issue was that the plot was absurd. It felt forced and highly unrealistic. I wasn’t bought into anything that was happening and found myself rolling my eyes throughout (wondering if I was reading the same book everyone else has loved so much). The characters lacked depth and believability. The main character irritated me to no end. The characters dialogue and inner thoughts lacked natural ease, often coming across as cheesy and awkward. The ‘romantic�� scenes felt like they were written by a 16-year-old boy.

Sadly, I sit at the outlier table with my feelings on this. It is a much loved popular book that didn’t click with me on any level. If you haven’t read it yet, I encourage you to try it out and form your own opinion (as most would disagree with me).