OMG where was the editor?

I have long loved the Cassie palmer books but holy crap, the last 4 have been these ridiculously long slogs through very convoluted story ideas. The newest "book" (don't get me started on what a money grab turning one story into 2 books is" is just terrible. the whole time I was listening to both part I kept thinking where was the editor? The story was a mess, that just felt like a chore to have to listen to (almost 40 hours between the two parts) and there was no real forward momentum in the story. There was a lot of rehashing old plot but trying to tell long term readers to see it in a new way that really doesn't fit with the series to this point. It honestly felt like Ms.Chance had a bunch of novella ideas and decided to smash them all together into one story but the effect was very disjointed and really really boring. oh and be warned if rape is a trigger for you the author decided there needed to be one and it is glossed over afterwards. I really really hate when an author seems to have run out of real ideas so they try to add dramatic tension by adding a rape. I mean seriously it's a horrible crime that has long term and devastating consequences for the victim but by all means let use it as an unnecessary plot point and then the character it happens to is totally fine with it and then it's not really looked at again. it's some serious lazy writing and the author should be ashamed of trivialising such a violation. it wasn't even written in a tasteful manner.
The new narrator gives an extremely wood and robotic performance in the early part of the book but is doing an alright job by the end. My biggest complaint other than her delivery is that if you're a long time listener you will be very annoyed by her constant mispronouncing the names of important characters from past books.
It breaks my heart to have to say this but I think I may be dropping this series as a much read. save your money and credits. it's not worth it

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