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Vanilla Bean Vengeance by Agatha Frost
This book really picked up in the last few chapters. An enjoyable enough read, especially when the action picked up.
My favorite scene was the panicked call to the police and Damon’s Scottish accent. I laughed out loud.
There were some parts of the story that frustrated me, and mainly had to do with characters that were one dimension. Claire is a little overweight, so naturally she gravitates toward a slightly overweight person to be her friend at work.
She can almost always eat no matter what, so when she’s not hungry, she must be really upset. Her mom packed her a salad one day, and she didn’t finish it. But did finish sandwiches, chips, brownies, etc.
Oh and the mom... classic stereotype of mom who wants daughter to get married and have kids. Plus complains about her daughter’s weight. And doesn’t get along with her mother-in-law. And that’s all we know about her. Very one note.
I might give another one of the books in the series a go, although in seeing a sample chapter of book two, it starts out with Claire not being able to button her jeans.
What I wanted more of
- More depth to characters
What I enjoyed
- The action at the end
- The friendship between her and Damon
- The grandmother’s sass
My favorite scene was the panicked call to the police and Damon’s Scottish accent. I laughed out loud.
There were some parts of the story that frustrated me, and mainly had to do with characters that were one dimension. Claire is a little overweight, so naturally she gravitates toward a slightly overweight person to be her friend at work.
She can almost always eat no matter what, so when she’s not hungry, she must be really upset. Her mom packed her a salad one day, and she didn’t finish it. But did finish sandwiches, chips, brownies, etc.
Oh and the mom... classic stereotype of mom who wants daughter to get married and have kids. Plus complains about her daughter’s weight. And doesn’t get along with her mother-in-law. And that’s all we know about her. Very one note.
I might give another one of the books in the series a go, although in seeing a sample chapter of book two, it starts out with Claire not being able to button her jeans.
What I wanted more of
- More depth to characters
What I enjoyed
- The action at the end
- The friendship between her and Damon
- The grandmother’s sass