A DNF at 7% may seem harsh tosome, but this book knew just how to piss me off in that short amount of time. The book is set in Conneticut, which is a one-party consent state. What does that mean, and why does that matter? Well, it means that you only need the consent of one person in a conversation to record it, and this person can be you. It matters because, in the trial, some evidence is excluded because Pip didn't have permission from others to record conversations. She shouldn't need that!!

I know it seems petty, but there are so many other books in the world that if one of them pisses me off for whatever reason, I just need to move onto the next one. I enjoyed the first book for what it was, but I don't think I'll be continuing the series.

Edit on 6/14/2024: I have recently learned that this book was originally written to be set in England and this was mysteriously changed for the American editions of the book. I honestly thought we had moved passed this. Why do publishers do this? It's so stupid.

It does, however, make a lot of little choices in the story make sense, though. In England, you have to have two-party consent to record a conversation, while this is not necessarily true in the US. The author or "translation" team could have done a better job and picked a state with laws that match England's, but I'm more willing to give this a pass now.