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You've Got Male

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Where this book went RIGHT: she created a main character, Avery, with whom I could feel very connected. She made me care about this character in a very good way. The love interest for this character was also very good - and I could care about him. So far so good.

Where this book went WRONG: Too many subplots. The spy partner and sister were written in as if they were the main characters so strongly at times - yet their story was never resolved. Far into the book, a character came into the picture with a strange tale which had no impact whatsoever on the story of Avery and her spy situation. Why have it? It should have been cut. The main point of Avery's endeavors - and the main goal of her spy boyfriend was built up to a major climax - and then fizzled out with no resolution. What a let down to not know what happened to the bad guy after making us want him caught - where'd he go? Gone? What the ... what a horrible way to treat your readers. All in all - this was a strongly disappointing read.

Another issue with this book: Info Dumps. The author would have the story moving along nicely building tension (most of which never resolved) and then go into 'info dump' mode which means she dumped out pages of back-history on a character to tell us about them. Don't tell me - show me. Those info dumps were incredibly boring and pulled me out of the action too often.

Overall - I was always taught that subplots shouldn't compete with the main plot - but should only support it. I was also taught that all conflicts within the story should resolve together and completely in the end of the novel. This book did none of those things. I won't bother reading any more of her novels - and I'm going to be suspicious about the quality of the publisher as well.