Classic case of a series not stopping when it should have. The first two books in the series, Secret Society and Never Enough were both solid five star books. This, at best, is a three star book.
Not only do we have an important main character missing but the storyline is fluff. It's filler. I wanted what I got with the first two books - entertainment and excitement. What I got was... fluff.
No one get me wrong - Miasha can write. She's one of the handful of urban fiction authors that can get through to such a large audience. She's one of the handful I haven't given up on. She's one of the handful that can actually take a white character (gasp!) and not give him a little dick and an ugly face.
She walks to her own beat and doesn't just follow the lead of other authors. Usually. I hope she wrote this because fans asked for it and not because a 'series' is such a hot thing right now. A series is only a hot thing if the story is there. If it's not, all the people screaming about how much they love a series, turn their back on it quick.
This is what I want from Miasha - a new series with some banging new characters. This isn't a bad book by any means. It's actually a good book. But going from the first two to this? No go. I want the first two back.
The Return of Chatman might be good because of the spin-offedness. (That's my own word folks.) I'll read it because I knew early on Miasha had what it takes.
Side-note - for her fans - read her bio here on GR. It's interesting and it shows how easily she could have slipped into something else and never started writing. It's obvious who her fans have to thank for this.
Not only do we have an important main character missing but the storyline is fluff. It's filler. I wanted what I got with the first two books - entertainment and excitement. What I got was... fluff.
No one get me wrong - Miasha can write. She's one of the handful of urban fiction authors that can get through to such a large audience. She's one of the handful I haven't given up on. She's one of the handful that can actually take a white character (gasp!) and not give him a little dick and an ugly face.
She walks to her own beat and doesn't just follow the lead of other authors. Usually. I hope she wrote this because fans asked for it and not because a 'series' is such a hot thing right now. A series is only a hot thing if the story is there. If it's not, all the people screaming about how much they love a series, turn their back on it quick.
This is what I want from Miasha - a new series with some banging new characters. This isn't a bad book by any means. It's actually a good book. But going from the first two to this? No go. I want the first two back.
The Return of Chatman might be good because of the spin-offedness. (That's my own word folks.) I'll read it because I knew early on Miasha had what it takes.
Side-note - for her fans - read her bio here on GR. It's interesting and it shows how easily she could have slipped into something else and never started writing. It's obvious who her fans have to thank for this.
