{"id":4599,"date":"2014-05-06T21:12:39","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T02:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=4599"},"modified":"2014-05-08T21:34:59","modified_gmt":"2014-05-09T02:34:59","slug":"trail-of-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/4599","title":{"rendered":"Trail of Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trail of Dead<\/a><\/em> (2013) Melissa F. Olson<\/p>\n

\"Trail_Dead\"<\/a>The sequel to Dead Spots<\/a><\/em>, it wasn’t horrible, but I would kick this book out of bed for eating crackers in an instant<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I still liked the idea of the story. And the mystery was interesting. But I hated… no, I take that back, I despised the love triangle. It was unnecessary, and I found it unbelievable. <\/p>\n

I mean, take this description:<\/p>\n

I may have forgotten to mention that even in a town full of movie stars, Jesse is alarmingly gorgeous, with dark Latino good looks on a muscled frame. He makes those perpetually topless Abercrombie & Fitch guys look like homely wannabes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah. Whatever.<\/p>\n

I generally dislike tortured lovers in books, but these were exceptionally frustrating. I don’t see what either Eli OR Jesse saw in her–well, I saw what Eli saw in her–an escape from being a werewolf, which seems to be a pretty nice bonus for him. But to put up with all her shit?<\/p>\n

And really, she made some patently stupid moves.<\/p>\n

Here are the notes I made while reading.<\/p>\n

Note one, page 166: “Idiot.”<\/p>\n

Note two, page 173: “Moron. You have a damned cell phone. Use it.”<\/p>\n

I did enjoy the mystery and world building, but it wasn’t worth putting up with all the rest of the crap.
\nRating: 4\/10<\/strong>
\nPublished by 47North <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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