After finishing the fluffy smut-festival that was Skyclad, I did not expect this book and was very pleasantly surprised.
From the first chapter, I wasAfter finishing the fluffy smut-festival that was Skyclad, I did not expect this book and was very pleasantly surprised.
From the first chapter, I was expecting a hard-boiled crime drama with a bit of friend banter and romance on the side, but all of the crime went out the window as soon as the romance started.
The main character is a tough, butchy detective who steadily gets more femme until she’s in sweater dresses and high heels all the time, which kind of follows the shift away from the actual crime (which I believe was solved off screen?). Needless to say, the personal stuff took top billing.
The relationships were interesting and well-written. I really like how the MC, Eve sets boundaries especially when Ainsley is being weird and not talking to her at all but obviously upset. Ciara wins as the most perfect girlfriend, seriously she’s got money and a good job that she can ditch whenever Eve is in trouble, no baggage, she can cook, light the bedroom on fire, is drop-dead gorgeous BUT the most important thing is she is super understanding about the love-triangle bind Eve finds herself in. And they communicate like adults the entire time.
To reiterate, the communication was really well done, and I felt for Ainsley when she’s struggling to define herself in a world where she has few or no connections to anyone else like her except for Eve. I kept cringily waiting for Eve to ditch The Perfect Girlfriend for The Drama of the Toaster Oven Girl. I won’t go into details, but the ending was good and satisfying.
Ellendale writes in first-person, which isn’t my favorite, but she really makes it work with the MCs really characteristic and sympathetic inner voice that I think would not have come through as well in third, and bonus prevents head-hopping with is also something I’d rather avoid.
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