crispycritter's Reviews (516)

Filing this under HRs where the writing is so frustrating I need to put it down. An interesting enough premise. So much weird telling it was hard to emotionally connect to anyone. Graeme and Eveline are a little too precious. Everyone else is just being mean to them! Wah! This makes for some boring-ass conflict. 

40+ years later - still slaps

No wallet chain but still 5 stars of trash men being trashy. 

Wallet chain mentioned on page 3. Automatic 5 stars. 

It was like Wells googled both ASD and the law and is doing neither justice. 

Autism rep: OTT cliches. It’s giving 1930s escaped sanitarium patient with internet access.

The law:
“The law doesn’t distinguish between murder and conspiracy to commit murder.” Well, it definitely does. They’re literally different crimes, Harper, with different possible sentences. You don’t even have to murder someone to be convicted of conspiracy!

“She’s a walking RICO charge.” Well maybe but doesn’t really sound like she would have the right info at this point in the book? For intrastate murders, sure. 

Points for the use of spousal privilege as a way to shore up the Marriage of Convenience trope in a contemporary. This actually makes sense. It’s a personal pet peeve when folks in modern settings “have to” fake date or marry for “reasons.” This is a real reason. 

Unfortunately I just don’t think I can do Cate Wells books. I DNFed another of her books at ~80% in and I can already tell I’m in for a bad time. 

Joanna Wylde: “Jeans showcased his exceptionally fine ass, and the chain dangling across his hip attached to his wallet completed the picture perfectly.”

Me: Five stars. 

Am I trash? 🤷‍♀️🤡

I loved this! On par with The Dutchess Deal. 

Maybe we get to the joy part later, but so far it's just personal anecdotes about Gray's gradual slide into alchololsim while working as a celebrity journalist interspersed with statistics on UK drinkers.