The Perfect Divorce

 

The Perfect Divorce is the sequel to The Perfect Marriage and I was thrilled learning their was a sequel. 

Even though Sarah Morgan is a person who appears cold and heartless I really like her. She is constant, nothing comes out of play with Sarah which I enjoy. I imagine writing a character with narcissistic traits would be complicated but Mrs. Rose is amazing at it. The new part of Sarah that appears is the loving mother side. It was an interesting aspect to add onto the depth of Sarah. 

Bob was a blundering fool and reminded me far too much of Adam who also had issues. I wish a different approach to Bob had been taken but it does make sense that Sarah has a specific type of man she likes to be with. 

The writing style is not my favorite. I prefer one point of view and not jumping between many different points of view. At least they were consistent with giving all the characters adequate page time. The ending acknowledgements was not what I expected so that was a fun add on. 

The God of the Woods

 

 

The God of the Woods was Barnes and Nobles number one ranked mystery last year. God of Disaster is more along the lines of what it should have been titled. 

Beyond the premise I liked nothing about the story. The whole thing was a hot mess. I only kept reading because it was ranked so highly. 

The story jumps around between characters, years, months, and was a jumbled mess. I cared about none of the characters. The only saving grace was with so much confusion I at least did not figure the majority of the mystery. 

Guess I can say I finally read a highly popular book when it was popular. 

First Lie Wins

 

I have been on the libraries waiting list for awhile so when First Lie Wins was available on my tablet I quickly downloaded it. 

While I read the story fairly quickly I am still not sure if I actually enjoyed the book. The more I think about the plot the more I realized it was all over the place. At the start of the story was a big mystery that was never answered which drives me crazy usually but the story spiderwebbed and the new mysteries brought up where answered. 

The writing just seemed all over the place. Alex the main character was at least consistent with her thoughts and behavior. 

The Writing Retreat

 

The Writing Retreat was one of a handful of options available at a small airport I got stranded at. Desperate for something to do I bought the book. I ended up leaving the book at another airport for someone else to find.

Alex wants to be a writer but with her stubborn writers block and her job demanding more of her then she wants to give writing has been put on the back burner. All that changes when her favorite author holds a contest for female writers. Four writers will get to visit the elusive author and attend her writing workshop. Excited Alex can hardly wait to win. However once she arrives things are not what she thought they would be at all. 

I figured out the whole mystery. Around chapter three I had it all figured out. If I had anything else to read I would not have finished the book.