1.5⭐️s rounded up. Not to be sexist, but I knew it was going to be a bit of a risk reading this when the MC is a woman written by a man. I’ve just seen it done poorly more often than successfully. When I realized it was 1st person my chances coming out on the plus side went down even further. To where they crashed and burned.

I don’t know whether the author just didn’t actually ask any females what their inner dialogue is like or spent very little time around them as a whole, but this was so bizarre I don’t even know what to say other than it was written as if Sloan was a man - definitely missed the mark on being a realistic or believable female character. (Also what woman has ever called HERSELF “dollface”?!)

Add to that, Sloan was a diver who just happened to get a badge/gun when the police division hired her cuz it was cheaper. She wasn’t actually a cop in anything other than a label - her dad called her out for it. Yet she went thru the whole story like she was a full out detective with all the skill, training and authority of a police investigator. It was just so far fetched and unbelievable I found myself repeatedly rolling my eyes.

There was very little character development and depth either. It was mostly either action or diving the entire time and that’s it. It made me feel completely uninvested in any of the characters.