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Words Unsaid
by KG MacGregor
ARC received via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
I was excited to see a new book in the Anna/Lily series, not sure what I was expecting after all this time, but it wasn’t this.
So, this takes place 10 years after [b:Mother Load|8041233|Mother Load (Shaken, #4)|K.G. MacGregor|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1328752825l/8041233._SY75_.jpg|12669240] and features Anna and Lily of course, as well as 16 year old Andy and 10 year old Georgie and Eleanor. Georgie and Eleanor don’t have much to do here, they’re mostly just background characters, and seemingly without any real flaws. Anna is still head of her car yards, but owns more of them now and Lily has moved up to be a judge, but I didn’t find either of them particularly interesting this time around.
As far as flaws for the kids, all of these have been left for Andy, who was a sweet little boy when last we saw him and has turned into a privileged little brat. Anna calls him on this, but Lily likes to be the “nice” mom and wave away most of what he’s doing. Andy is incredibly unlikeable, which I found unfortunate, because he was such a lovely character in the last book.
So, Anna is also trying to decide if she should sell her empire of car lots, which would also make Andy very unhappy, because even though he doesn’t like any aspect of running the business other than selling cars, he’s the heir apparent anyway. There’s lots of tension in the house between him and Anna, so the standard family vacation is something Lily is looking forward to. The whole family is jetting off, but Andy asks to stay behind for a day to attend a party. Given his behaviour up til this point, that should have been a big fat no anyway, but he gets his way.
This is where the story really lost me, up til this point I was just disappointed in how boring Anna and Lily now were and what a brat Andy was, but he then goes missing, because he’s been swept up by ICE. Anna and Lily don’t know this for awhile and we cut between them and Andy. I felt this whole storyline to be over the top. Not being from the US I don’t know how close this is to being true, but I hope it was a bit of poetic licence. Anyway, regardless, I didn’t really want to read something so political (and depressing) in a catch up with two of my favourite characters. The situation drags on for too long and bogs the book down.
I didn’t really like the epilogue either, which tried to tie things up in a big bow, especially with the gift Andy gets from Anna, which was way over the top and in no way earned. I wish I’d skipped this to be honest, it just left me feeling flat. I preferred how we left these characters in Mother Load. 3 stars.
I was excited to see a new book in the Anna/Lily series, not sure what I was expecting after all this time, but it wasn’t this.
So, this takes place 10 years after [b:Mother Load|8041233|Mother Load (Shaken, #4)|K.G. MacGregor|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1328752825l/8041233._SY75_.jpg|12669240] and features Anna and Lily of course, as well as 16 year old Andy and 10 year old Georgie and Eleanor. Georgie and Eleanor don’t have much to do here, they’re mostly just background characters, and seemingly without any real flaws. Anna is still head of her car yards, but owns more of them now and Lily has moved up to be a judge, but I didn’t find either of them particularly interesting this time around.
As far as flaws for the kids, all of these have been left for Andy, who was a sweet little boy when last we saw him and has turned into a privileged little brat. Anna calls him on this, but Lily likes to be the “nice” mom and wave away most of what he’s doing. Andy is incredibly unlikeable, which I found unfortunate, because he was such a lovely character in the last book.
So, Anna is also trying to decide if she should sell her empire of car lots, which would also make Andy very unhappy, because even though he doesn’t like any aspect of running the business other than selling cars, he’s the heir apparent anyway. There’s lots of tension in the house between him and Anna, so the standard family vacation is something Lily is looking forward to. The whole family is jetting off, but Andy asks to stay behind for a day to attend a party. Given his behaviour up til this point, that should have been a big fat no anyway, but he gets his way.
This is where the story really lost me, up til this point I was just disappointed in how boring Anna and Lily now were and what a brat Andy was, but he then goes missing, because he’s been swept up by ICE. Anna and Lily don’t know this for awhile and we cut between them and Andy. I felt this whole storyline to be over the top. Not being from the US I don’t know how close this is to being true, but I hope it was a bit of poetic licence. Anyway, regardless, I didn’t really want to read something so political (and depressing) in a catch up with two of my favourite characters. The situation drags on for too long and bogs the book down.
I didn’t really like the epilogue either, which tried to tie things up in a big bow, especially with the gift Andy gets from Anna, which was way over the top and in no way earned. I wish I’d skipped this to be honest, it just left me feeling flat. I preferred how we left these characters in Mother Load. 3 stars.