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Pumpkin May be Missing Some Spice
[Checked out via e-book through my local library]
This is the second book that I've read in this series having missed the first one due to its already being checked out.
First, I like the authors writing style. It flows smoothly, reads well, and has plenty of detail without going overboard with too much unnecessary words. I enjoyed the plot, was on the right track, then thrown off a bit (always a plus), then knew something was up...enjoyed the twists and turns needed to keep one wondering....
However, I am finding the protagonist to be quite an annoying busybody that in many instances is totally unbelievable. There are some things that she may have been able to get away with, on the other hand, there is quite a lot of things that just would not have been tolerated by the local police. No matter how small the community police departments have specific standards they uphold. The police seem somewhat inept at doing their job. In many situations, the past personal relationship of a certain police officer seems to affect his judgment on many occasions, and yet it seems accepted as okay when certain situations arise. A civilian should not ever have been included in a number of places that our protagonist seemed to have inserted herself. I'll leave my opinion about the relationship between the heroine and the doctor and officer out except to say there's way more understanding going on there than the norm.
Having not yet read the first book, I'm not sure if it set things up in a way that would make these last two books lack of believability more tolerable. While the book is fictional, even fictional books have believability to them. Sadly, that is the part that was missing from this....the lack of believability hurt this book when it did have potential to be something better. Hoping to read the first of the series to see if it changes my opinion.
[Checked out via e-book through my local library]
This is the second book that I've read in this series having missed the first one due to its already being checked out.
First, I like the authors writing style. It flows smoothly, reads well, and has plenty of detail without going overboard with too much unnecessary words. I enjoyed the plot, was on the right track, then thrown off a bit (always a plus), then knew something was up...enjoyed the twists and turns needed to keep one wondering....
However, I am finding the protagonist to be quite an annoying busybody that in many instances is totally unbelievable. There are some things that she may have been able to get away with, on the other hand, there is quite a lot of things that just would not have been tolerated by the local police. No matter how small the community police departments have specific standards they uphold. The police seem somewhat inept at doing their job. In many situations, the past personal relationship of a certain police officer seems to affect his judgment on many occasions, and yet it seems accepted as okay when certain situations arise. A civilian should not ever have been included in a number of places that our protagonist seemed to have inserted herself. I'll leave my opinion about the relationship between the heroine and the doctor and officer out except to say there's way more understanding going on there than the norm.
Having not yet read the first book, I'm not sure if it set things up in a way that would make these last two books lack of believability more tolerable. While the book is fictional, even fictional books have believability to them. Sadly, that is the part that was missing from this....the lack of believability hurt this book when it did have potential to be something better. Hoping to read the first of the series to see if it changes my opinion.
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