Smolder

This gets 3 stars only because I actually read it all the way through. I was so disappointed. 3/4 of the book is either sex or talking about how everyone is doing great in therapy. The book ends super abruptly! A series like this usually has a story that flows from book to book, but this felt like a TV episode that suddenly ends and then pops up and says "to be continued". I kept reading because the villain sounds interesting, but even after the big scary shows up, they're dealing with personal issues more than dealing with the danger. I really don't know if I'll worry about the next book, even with an interesting bad guy.

The books in this series have been progressively getting worse. This book was 82% talking about how everyone is going to therapy. Don't get me wrong I appreciate that they are all growing emotionally but dang. There isn't even any real resolution to the newest conflict. Heck it's barely even mentioned. Hopefully the next book is better because I would rather not waste another $15.

I used to love the anita blake books but they've just gotten bad. it feels like nothing actually happened in this book but them talking and talking and talking. there's plenty of pages of political correctness and therapy talk to the point that it crowded out having an actual plot. I've been reading these books for almost 17 years, but I think this one may be my last one.