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A review by paradoxically
Unbreakable by Elizabeth Norris
3.0
What is with these books and (MAJOR SPOILERS) This happened in the last book as well! It's like the author can't go a book without making me whine to myself and flop around like a depressed eel.
I'm still not so enchanted with the entire Ben/Janelle romance. Mostly because it seems a bit forced and still kind of unbelievable. On the plus side, most of the book is Barclay and Janelle trying to stop a human trafficking ring. I'm still not convinced that Barclay should have chosen Janelle (because while I love her and she's competent, it's not like she's a trained agent of some kind), but I'm willing to gloss over such thoughts.
Again we have another countdown, but this one is less world shattering than the last one. It doesn't make it less immediate for Janelle though. It wasn't as exciting though, maybe because I knew what was going on and what was going to happen (generally), so that air of mystery that surrounded the beginning of the last book was gone.
Janelle's grown up a bit more in this book, but in some ways she took a backstep with me because of how much she thought of Ben. I like the guy, in a vague sort of way, but the constant revolving thoughts around him made me unhappy. Also the whip lash of emotions at several points of the book concerning Ben... eh.
What I did love was the evolution of Barclay and Janelle's relationship. Not in that way (though, uh, I may have had some hopes in that general direction), but the snarking and the gradual trust and everything. I ended up really liking Barclay. Guess that guy grows like a mold on you.
The plot was pretty quickly paced and at least Barclay had a clear picture of what he wanted to do and how he was going to go about it. Along the way you get the bumps along the roads that comes with every book. I do think it's quite silly that they called the humans that were kidnapped the Unwilling because it seemed so formulaic for a book.
I wanted to like this book more than I did. The romance was a tease and a flop, the plot was mildly interesting, but several character decisions made me want to hit something. Or someone. Like Ben. Um. But I did love Barclay and I did love Janelle still (even with all of her hangups). 3 stars.
Spoiler
killing people I finally like? Whyyy Barclay, whyyy.I'm still not so enchanted with the entire Ben/Janelle romance. Mostly because it seems a bit forced and still kind of unbelievable. On the plus side, most of the book is Barclay and Janelle trying to stop a human trafficking ring. I'm still not convinced that Barclay should have chosen Janelle (because while I love her and she's competent, it's not like she's a trained agent of some kind), but I'm willing to gloss over such thoughts.
Again we have another countdown, but this one is less world shattering than the last one. It doesn't make it less immediate for Janelle though. It wasn't as exciting though, maybe because I knew what was going on and what was going to happen (generally), so that air of mystery that surrounded the beginning of the last book was gone.
Janelle's grown up a bit more in this book, but in some ways she took a backstep with me because of how much she thought of Ben. I like the guy, in a vague sort of way, but the constant revolving thoughts around him made me unhappy. Also the whip lash of emotions at several points of the book concerning Ben... eh.
What I did love was the evolution of Barclay and Janelle's relationship. Not in that way (though, uh, I may have had some hopes in that general direction), but the snarking and the gradual trust and everything. I ended up really liking Barclay. Guess that guy grows like a mold on you.
The plot was pretty quickly paced and at least Barclay had a clear picture of what he wanted to do and how he was going to go about it. Along the way you get the bumps along the roads that comes with every book. I do think it's quite silly that they called the humans that were kidnapped the Unwilling because it seemed so formulaic for a book.
I wanted to like this book more than I did. The romance was a tease and a flop, the plot was mildly interesting, but several character decisions made me want to hit something. Or someone. Like Ben. Um. But I did love Barclay and I did love Janelle still (even with all of her hangups). 3 stars.