Jamie (TheRebelliousReader)'s Reviews > The Magnificent Nine

3 stars. This was better than book one but then some of the characters kinda suffer personality wise here. Jayne and River particularly. Jayne is a big, gruff airhead at times but he’s not stupid and the author really makes him come across that way here. River is a particularly difficult character to get right as she is the most complex and the author definitely didn’t get her right and I don’t think he actually understands her. She was just all over the place character wise here and she felt completely OOC to me.

The plot of this was fine, I liked that Jayne was the primary focus but man did I hate Temperance and her daughter. They both annoyed the shit out of me and honestly by the way this ended it made me feel like they added absolutely nothing to the story overall. Just a waste of time.

The pacing was a whole lot better in this one and I was thoroughly entertained throughout. The action scenes are great and the humor landed for me and the other characters felt true to themselves. This series hasn’t wowed me yet but I will read the third book when it comes out because they are fun reads.



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