A review by beeping_librarian
The Last Girl Scout by Natalie Ironside

Did not finish book. Stopped at 12%.

Only made it 70 pages in. A mess of information with minimal explanations of who the basic involved parties are (and everyone/group seems to have at least two names you have to keep track of). It started fairly desperate and graphic, maybe to set the dark tone, then slowed waay back down, so the sense of urgency was confusing. 

Then two of the characters meet (who are supposed to be former enemies highly at odds, as well as being jaded soldiers), immediately share extreme personal traumas and have sex? Within the first few hours. And are constantly sweet-talking each other and being really thoughtful & willing to share after that.

 

The pacing was weird, the stakes were unclear (again, is it desperate and horrifying, or are we in a peaceful haven ripe for romance?), the characters didn’t feel like much at all and their dialogue was frequently used for clumsy exposition or reminders to the reader of something said on a previous page. Obviously I didn’t get very far, but there was nothing here to indicate I’d enjoy reading further.