A review by amywarnes
Kill the King by Elizabeth Dear
2.25
This book was a bit of a disappointment, considering how strong the series started.
At the beginning of the series I loved 2 things that were unusual for this type of RH. 1. The FMC was badass without being obnoxious and she had more personality than just being "stabby" all of the time. 2. She showed interest in the guys without frothing over how hot they are constantly. Unfortunately both of those things became more and more frequent throughout the series. Honestly, I was kind of disappointed with how Jolie's character developed over the series and turned out in this book. The series started off feeling really unique but this one just felt so generic and predictable.
It's a big pet peeve of mine in romances when the characters are constantly getting turned on just by the mere presence of their love interest(s), and this book was terrible for it. Especially the guys getting turn on by Jolie threatening people, it got really repetitive and boring to read. There's a time and a place for those things, I don't need to read about how the FMC wants to climb her guy like a tree every time we get a description of his outfit.
Sadly the plot got pretty weak in this one too. I mentioned in the first two reviews my dislike for solving problems off-page by calling up a tech guy to action some vague, apparently pre-arranged plan, but this book got terrible for that. Also, it seems really out of character for James Spencer to give Elise access to everything in his company? Why would she have an important cypher on her phone?? Then in the scene where James has Bridgette hostage and she just... slaps the gun away?? There were just a lot of things like that that were way too convenient and kind of silly.
The first book I couldn't put down but by the end of this one I was basically reading just so I could be finished with it.
At the beginning of the series I loved 2 things that were unusual for this type of RH. 1. The FMC was badass without being obnoxious and she had more personality than just being "stabby" all of the time. 2. She showed interest in the guys without frothing over how hot they are constantly. Unfortunately both of those things became more and more frequent throughout the series. Honestly, I was kind of disappointed with how Jolie's character developed over the series and turned out in this book. The series started off feeling really unique but this one just felt so generic and predictable.
It's a big pet peeve of mine in romances when the characters are constantly getting turned on just by the mere presence of their love interest(s), and this book was terrible for it. Especially the guys getting turn on by Jolie threatening people, it got really repetitive and boring to read. There's a time and a place for those things, I don't need to read about how the FMC wants to climb her guy like a tree every time we get a description of his outfit.
Sadly the plot got pretty weak in this one too. I mentioned in the first two reviews my dislike for solving problems off-page by calling up a tech guy to action some vague, apparently pre-arranged plan, but this book got terrible for that. Also, it seems really out of character for James Spencer to give Elise access to everything in his company? Why would she have an important cypher on her phone?? Then in the scene where James has Bridgette hostage and she just... slaps the gun away?? There were just a lot of things like that that were way too convenient and kind of silly.
The first book I couldn't put down but by the end of this one I was basically reading just so I could be finished with it.