Genuinely so overwhelmingly disappointed by this. I was over the moon when this Marvel Novels series was announced, especially with Jessica Jones being the first outing - the Jessica Jones netflix series is genuinely one of the best TV series ever made, and I've always enjoyed JJ when I've seen her in comics, games, etc.. But this book is possibly one of the worst books I've ever read. I'd say it reads like bad fanfiction, but I read a lot of fanfics when I was young and even the worst Sonic/Knuckles MPreg fics read better than this.

It feels like the author did zero research into the character of Jessica Jones. She might have been provided with a two-sentence summary that she immediately threw away, but that was it. JJ is supposed to be a grizzly, traumatized, anti-social, but very talented private investigator. The Jessica in this book is a brainless, bubbly moron. There are two teenage boys in the book who do more actual detective work than Jessica does. She lucks into most of her revelations, and on several occasions, other characters simply monologue the plot at her in poorly written info dumps.

At one point, Jessica decides to go on a walk, completely randomly, nothing to do with the plot. On this walk, by complete chance, she comes across a major clue. But it's written in latin so she can't read it. She IMMEDIATELY, in the same scene, randomly bumps into a character who can read latin and translate it for her. This character is a teenager who works in a pharmacy in England. I don't know what part of England the author lives in, but there are no latin-speaking teenage pharmacy staff in my neck of the woods.

I normally reserve 1-star reviews for books so bad I DNF them, but the sunk cost fallacy forced me to see this one through to the end. I'd bought the expensive hardcover copy in my excitement and desire to support the concept. Books like this are exactly why the publishing world needs to stop with this daft hardcover-first premium concept rubbish.