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Spoilt (2010)

by Joanne Ellis(Favorite Author)

3.25 of 5 Votes: 2

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English

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Romance

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Createspace

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Spoilt

review 1: I liked the story but felt that the characters needed more depth. their reactions and lines were predictable, short, and just blah. I wanted more of the murder mystery and less of the emo drama that the book ended with. also, the fact that everything was okay after a month of no communication? really? I thought she was smarter than that. honestly, the only reason I read this was because it was a $1 on kindle and the plot was interesting
review 2: This book had the word 'spoilt' in it entirely too many times. Does anybody ever actually use that spelling anymore?As the story started, it gave the impression that it was going to be a crime fiction type novel, with cops trying to find a serial killer and all that. Good stuff. And it was that, too; unfortunately it w... moreas overwhelmed by a heavy dose of romance novel. Hmm. Despite that, I still liked the novel enough and enjoyed reading it.Except for when they were being dumb, I really liked the main characters. I don't blame Chelsea for falling for Lucas; I kind of want him myself. Charlotte was fun, if a bit much, but not unrealistic as a character. For once I don't really have much to say about the characters, except that I liked them. Well, at least for the first 75% of the story. Towards the end there was too much stupid-romantic-novel-angst and I rather wanted to just smack Lucas upside the head. The author made an attempt at giving him a deep background (Chelsea, too) as a way of making their angsting justifiable and, really, did a good job compared to many, but they were still stupid.The thing that I might say I liked least about this novel was the occasional bits from the thoughts of the serial killer. They were very unnecessary in my opinion, just really cheesy without adding anything at all to the story. If anything they felt like a very clumsy way of invoking suspense. The times when such viewpoints arose were the times that I felt myself most kicked out of the story.Well, and the times when Lucas suddenly started "devouring [Chelsea's] mouth." That is like the least romantic expression for making out I can think of right now, though this author liked it. I tried to accept the fact that it was a romance, but the situation between Lucas and Chelsea was pushing on my abilities to accept inappropriate relationships. And the fact that they had sex at least two times a day starting two days after meeting each other was a bit much.If the author had just stayed with this novel being about the cops trying to find the killer and all that that entailed and had refrained from shoving the relationship into it, or at least slowed it down to something more believable, (and refrained from the killer's POV bits) I think it might have been a really good - if somewhat shorter - story. Good characters (without the angst), an enjoyably contrived murder mystery deal and overall involving writing made for an enjoyable read. less

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