I want to give this book a 0 but I do recognize that there is some thing of a good plot here but I don’t think it was well executed so that’s why it gets a 1. Buckle in because we have a RIDE today, folks. 

I picked this up at my bookstore because I thought it was going to be a quick little, feel-good read, but I was mistaken. I think my biggest problem is that the entire writing style is dialogue. It is telling me what is happening through the characters talking instead of you know, showing me. It just felt like it dragged on and on and on and for more fun, it dragged on just a little bit more. The worst part of this already terrible writing style is that it is extremely wordy! How does that even happen?? It’s as if this author did a great deal of research into forensic processes and wants their readers to KNOW that she put in the work. Cool. We get it. Good on you. I do not want a reality check with these process and what they are called and how they work. This is not a textbook. This is all fictitious, so instead of having Lena tell me what this thing is or does…SHOW ME!! PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD SHOW ME! “The whirring and buzzing of the *insert thingamig name here* drilled a hole into David’s head, but he could tell that the sound and the almost strobe like lights coming from the machine put Lena into a relaxed state.” THAT WASNT HARD!! 

The part where they found out the killer ran the prank website and Lena and David decided that the best plan of action was to order a prank with Lena as the subject???  Fucking stupid. They said that and I immediately slapped my forehead. That was absolutely ridiculous. How could they be an amazing forensic scientist and a lead f-ing detective and not put together that the killer would KNOW it was a set-up? I saw it once they said it. So stupid. I was so disappointed.  I also had a problem with the authors inability to write romance. Whenever there was a smidge of romance it was written awfully. Specifically there was a line about their bodies touching and “tingles going from his (David’s) thigh straight to his groin.” But then there was no sex scene after that??? HELLO?! That makes it incredibly creepy and uncomfy. It is just as easy to not have their thighs touching be sexual and instead a sweet moment. One where David feels like they were kids again.

 

I hated this book and I’m immediately throwing it away because no one deserves to be put through that torture. This just put me in a bad mood  making me feel like I wasted my time, money, and energy.