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I am such a sucker for a great K9 detective team story. I’m already an avid fan of several and can’t resist adding more of them to my to-read list, sometimes without even checking out more about the series, which is what happened here. I requested this ARC before realizing that it’s the third installment of the series. Anyone who reads enough of my reviews knows that I tend to be a bit fussy and a bit of a stickler about starting series from the beginning. I hate thinking that I am missing some much-needed character development in order to be able to connect to the MC’s.
As a character driven reader, character development is the most important aspect of a story, at least to me. I am not a fan of unlikeable MC’s and need to connect to a character in order to root for them. Well, fortunately, this is one of those series where every installment focuses on a different character in a circle of friends/colleagues, so there probably wasn’t a lot of development for the MC’s in this installment. Unfortunately, there were spoilers in this installment for the storylines in previous installments.
The book summary basically just introduces the primary storyline. This is a romantic suspense storyline and while I have no problem with some romance in my crime thriller/suspense stories, I prefer the story to lean more heavily on the thriller/suspense story and not the romance story. This story leans more on the latter than the former and the cover of Poppy is kind of misleading. Poppy has very little space in the story and more often is just basically arm candy or a prop.
The character development for the MC’s was good and the pacing steady to fast (second half). The storyline of the investigation of the murders was kind of predictable; I guessed the murderer almost as soon as he was introduced. For me, the writing was a combination of ok and disappointing for reasons I’ve already stated. I’m looking at an overall rating of 2.9 that I will be rounding up to a 3star review. I’m looking like an outlier on this one and I attribute it to the fact that I am a big fan of K9 detective duos and prefer stories where the K9 has a more integral role and space in the story. That and, once again, for romantic suspense stories, I prefer stories that lean more on the suspense and less on the romance. I want to thank NetGalley and Harlequin Audio, for sending me this eARC in exchange for my honest review.
#NetGalley #HarlequinAudio #ColdCaseK9
As a character driven reader, character development is the most important aspect of a story, at least to me. I am not a fan of unlikeable MC’s and need to connect to a character in order to root for them. Well, fortunately, this is one of those series where every installment focuses on a different character in a circle of friends/colleagues, so there probably wasn’t a lot of development for the MC’s in this installment. Unfortunately, there were spoilers in this installment for the storylines in previous installments.
The book summary basically just introduces the primary storyline. This is a romantic suspense storyline and while I have no problem with some romance in my crime thriller/suspense stories, I prefer the story to lean more heavily on the thriller/suspense story and not the romance story. This story leans more on the latter than the former and the cover of Poppy is kind of misleading. Poppy has very little space in the story and more often is just basically arm candy or a prop.
The character development for the MC’s was good and the pacing steady to fast (second half). The storyline of the investigation of the murders was kind of predictable; I guessed the murderer almost as soon as he was introduced. For me, the writing was a combination of ok and disappointing for reasons I’ve already stated. I’m looking at an overall rating of 2.9 that I will be rounding up to a 3star review. I’m looking like an outlier on this one and I attribute it to the fact that I am a big fan of K9 detective duos and prefer stories where the K9 has a more integral role and space in the story. That and, once again, for romantic suspense stories, I prefer stories that lean more on the suspense and less on the romance. I want to thank NetGalley and Harlequin Audio, for sending me this eARC in exchange for my honest review.
#NetGalley #HarlequinAudio #ColdCaseK9
