A review by robotnik
Lunatic by Onley James

dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.0

This series started off really strong and entertaining, but it's really dropped off with this book. I skimmed most of it because of three reasons:

1. The plot was dull. I wish the crimes in general they dealt with got more creative but they all just sort of start meshing together to the point that it's hard to remember which one goes to which book, and this one is probably the most forgettable of them.

2. While the concept of the psychopath assassin family was always silly, which was always made extra silly by their group moments that got ridiculous and out of hand with them all present, the introduction of them having a psychopath assassin training school that was government funded was laugh out loud stupid.

3. From the get go, Mac gave me the ick. I never got the ick from any of the guys involved in these pairings before, but Mac was maximum ick. He and Archer had negative chemistry together. Archer deserved soooo much better than having a icky, shitty ship with Mac.

I got one book to go, so I'll finish this all out but if this book was earlier in the series, it definitely would have made me drop the whole thing faster than a hot potato. 

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