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Out of the Dark by Natasha Cooper
2.0

I liked the fun drama in the beginning, but as the book went along, I just found myself caring less and less. There were so many characters in so many brief scenes that to be honest, I kind of forgot who everyone was. They'd say George was doing xyz thing or Robert had shown up at someone's office, and for the life of me I could never remember who they were.

This book also felt like it lacked focus. There was such a broad scope that I didn't care about anyone or anything that was happening. I didn't get to know any of the characters. I didn't care about their feelings. There was a weird background financial crime case going on that had no bearing on anything in the book and no arc or conclusion. It just felt like a mess.

And it was also really obvious. You knew from the beginning what had happened because that was the entire point of the book. There wouldn't be any reason for a few characters to have POVs otherwise. I thought there might be something more to the ending, but after the reveal, the book just stopped.

I dunno. It wasn't a terrible read by any means, but by the ending, I just didn't have anything good to say about this.