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Roses of May (The Collector, #2)
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Had a love/hate relationship with this book, and I think I have myself to blame for that!
As soon as I saw the follow up to The Butterfly Garden, I knew I had to grab this, hoping for another 5 star read. I honestly don't think I even bothered to read the description-I just had to know what happened to the captive Butterflies! I don't think I am the only person who felt this way either.
So here is where the disappoint comes into play and my expectations fell apart....
While there are some mentions of the Garden and some of the more memorable 'Butterflies', it's clear the author has moved on. Book 2 introduces us to a new victim, a new serial killer, and a police procedural story line that just fell flat for me. The pace was soooooo slow, especially in the middle, that even when there were attempts to tie the Butterflies into the plot, it wasn't enough to move things along.
I also had a hard time believing the relationships that these FBI agents had with their victims. How are they able to solve any cases when their time is so wrapped up in checking on them and staying in their lives? It's very sweet, but completely unrealistic.
I do wonder how this book would have read on it's own, without having any ties whatsoever to The Butterfly Garden. Would I have enjoyed it more without the disappoint of it not being what I wanted it to be? Hard to say, but I'm thinking it would have fared better that a 3*.
My thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.
As soon as I saw the follow up to The Butterfly Garden, I knew I had to grab this, hoping for another 5 star read. I honestly don't think I even bothered to read the description-I just had to know what happened to the captive Butterflies! I don't think I am the only person who felt this way either.
So here is where the disappoint comes into play and my expectations fell apart....
While there are some mentions of the Garden and some of the more memorable 'Butterflies', it's clear the author has moved on. Book 2 introduces us to a new victim, a new serial killer, and a police procedural story line that just fell flat for me. The pace was soooooo slow, especially in the middle, that even when there were attempts to tie the Butterflies into the plot, it wasn't enough to move things along.
I also had a hard time believing the relationships that these FBI agents had with their victims. How are they able to solve any cases when their time is so wrapped up in checking on them and staying in their lives? It's very sweet, but completely unrealistic.
I do wonder how this book would have read on it's own, without having any ties whatsoever to The Butterfly Garden. Would I have enjoyed it more without the disappoint of it not being what I wanted it to be? Hard to say, but I'm thinking it would have fared better that a 3*.
My thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.
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Jun 13, 2017 04:45AM
My expectations were the same as yours, Jan. I have to wonder if the Collector #2 moniker is a marketing ploy if this book is basically unrelated to The Butterfly Garden. Too bad the stories were intermingled.
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I just went looking for your review and see that you must not have gotten to it yet. Will be curious to see how you take to it. I don't appear to be alone on my thoughts...I think this one would have done better as a book 3, of course providing the author had devoted a book 2 to wrapping up the Butterfiles storyline.
Jan wrote: "I just went looking for your review and see that you must not have gotten to it yet. Will be curious to see how you take to it. I don't appear to be alone on my thoughts...I think this one would ha..."No, I haven't read it yet but had it on my TBR shelf. After reading your review, I decided it didn't interest me.
Oh, that's seems like a shame, Jan. Nothing worse than knowing what an author is capable of and then watching them take a detour and lose you along the way. Thanks for the heads up on this one.
Mike wrote: "Oh, that's seems like a shame, Jan. Nothing worse than knowing what an author is capable of and then watching them take a detour and lose you along the way. Thanks for the heads up on this one."Thanks Mike. This was such a disappointment after the first one being a 5 star. :(
Great review! Currently a little more than halfway and I completely agree with this one falling flat for me as well. :-/
Dennis wrote: "Great review! Currently a little more than halfway and I completely agree with this one falling flat for me as well. :-/"Thanks Dennis! And thanks for the invite-looks like we share the same taste in books 😊
My expectations were really high for this one and it just did t live up. Hope it gets better for you!
I totally agree that the relationships between agents and victims are totally unrealistic and It lost me a little because of that
