Score: 2 1/2 Stars!

Going into the book that is A Simple Favor I look for several qualification.

1) Be harder on the author of the genre due to the fact there are so many books like this.
2) The plot threads are believable and original.
3) The characters are some what likable for most of the book.
4) The ending is satisfying or if not it's worth the read.

Now due to the those qualification and my massive hype for the this book. You can imagine that I thought this thriller was a home dunk. Well it was just not that. The book starts off some what strong with a okay narrator. The story is simple but that's also one of the problems. That being I was truly interested until probably fifty percent of the book. Which for any book I would've put down but this was the audio book. The readers of the audio book did what they could and brought something to there voices. I can't go into deep details without spoilers being apart of the discussion. Just know; I would recommend this route.

The rest of this review were going to go through the qualification and if I thought it did good for fell flat.

The first qualification that is listed above kind of fell flat due to the fact that there was no voice. The voice in the novel is the same voice I've read from several authors in this genre. Darcy Bell just hasn't found her footing. Now this doesn't not mean I won't be picking up in further novels she writes because when the novel was good, it was good.

The second qualification is about the twists. So this section will contain minimal spoilers. The twist in the book are kind of twists. There nothing new brought to this attention. Shitty cops doing a shitty job, I mention this because it huge part of the not so lackluster ending. The big halfway twist that we all knew was coming is so oblivious they were practically spelling it. And, the big final one that caught many characters in this book off guard was organic as it was presented in away that I could possible trace the thread through the novel. But, I still think it was cheap. More hurting to the audience than clever. But with that being said it was why the score is two and a-half stars and not just two.

The third qualification is about the characters. Just like above minimal spoilers if any. The character of Stephanie was written to like/hate. We have had many of these protagonist and the fact she was a mom did nothing to make me like her. The choice able things she did were off putting but didn't make me hate her. The idiocy that came with the character made me hate her, and almost make her unbearable. Now, Emily with the other protagonist in the novel. What we learn about her makes her a total sweetheart bitch. Which only makes sense if you've read the novel. Finally the next big character is Sean, he is one of the more likable characters in my opinion. But, I didn't route for any of them.

The forth qualification is short. The ending sucked and not satisfying. Yet I felt like it could be earned as well. But those shitty cops did not help..

So overall this book was not for me but it could be for you. Me personally going to go with wait for the movie and wait until Darcy Bell comes out with another book.