Despite over half the continent being wiped out by the Elders, a group of human men (natch) have hatched a business scheme to take over some lakefront property and turn it into a ballin’ resort.
Then there’s the miles-wide plot hole that humanity just can’t learn its lesson. Those might be symptoms of setting off the ow around my eye.” I had a low-grade headache and my stomach felt a little swoopy.
I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.īut the writing! That’s gotten even worse: “I wobbled my way to the bathroom. It was like having a force field made out of male bodies.” And Ilya Sanguinati stood in front of the desk. Officer Grimshaw took up a position at the far corner of the desk. I noticed Julian took up a position behind me and a little to one side when the other men walked into the station. And then we’ll go back to the Jumble and take a look at the paperwork. In a sign of devolving author finesse, we have a flagrant admission that men are the actors in this play: “He raised a hand. Except for Ineke, he was the only close friend I had in Sproing, but I didn’t want more than friendship from anyone who had a vigorous appendage, no matter how dishy he might be.” However, instead of the developmental age-appropriate Meg, we get one adult divorced woman whose emotional insights are somewhat less profound: “He certainly was dishy, and I liked him a lot, like talking to him about books. This is a ridiculous, cheap knock-off of Written in Red, including inept heroine with abused background. A blip of satisfaction followed by feeling really gross, and that I disappointed my brain. You know how you feel when you eat too much candy? That’s how I felt reading this book. Recommended for: Hardcore Bishop fans Read in August 2021 ★ 1/2
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