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A review by katyanaish
Killjoy by Julie Garwood
4.0
Re-read June 2017
I liked this one less than the first two in the series. I think it's because ... there was a heck of a lot of time spent away from the h/h, showing what the secondary characters were up to: Monk and Jilly, Carrie and the others, we cut to one or the other of them every other chapter. And while I liked the overall plot, I felt like ... I just didn't need this much time with those characters. It ended up making the developing relationship between John Paul and Avery feel kind of thin, because we didn't spend much time with it.
It wasn't bad. I just connected less to them, and wasn't all "awwww" about their connection. So much of their chapters was about handling the plot, and then every other chapter was dealing with secondary characters... and it ended up feeling like the connection between them largely developed offscreen.
So this one gets a ***3.5** from me.
I liked this one less than the first two in the series. I think it's because ... there was a heck of a lot of time spent away from the h/h, showing what the secondary characters were up to: Monk and Jilly, Carrie and the others, we cut to one or the other of them every other chapter. And while I liked the overall plot, I felt like ... I just didn't need this much time with those characters. It ended up making the developing relationship between John Paul and Avery feel kind of thin, because we didn't spend much time with it.
It wasn't bad. I just connected less to them, and wasn't all "awwww" about their connection. So much of their chapters was about handling the plot, and then every other chapter was dealing with secondary characters... and it ended up feeling like the connection between them largely developed offscreen.
Spoiler
Hell, we didn't even get to see how John Paul convinced Avery to stay with. We have a mention of her feeling like she needed to put some distance between them, as they were heading into the final showdown, because she knew when Monk and Jilly were handled, she and John Paul would be going their separate ways. And then the next indication of relationship was... after it was all done, we see her fiddle with her engagement right while meeting with her boss. Wait, what? How did that happen? When? Did he pin her down and jam it on her finger? Or did she actually surrender to the fact that she couldn't stand to be without him? Why don't we get to see that moment?So this one gets a ***3.5** from me.