A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery Book 5
Narrated by Nancy Wu
Run time: 9 hrs and 10 min
Summary:
Mattie’s first official date with Cole Walker sort of gets blasted. A community dance gets interrupted by an explosion.
Additional Comments:
- I’ve enjoyed the slow-build to the romantic relationship between Mattie and Cole, but now that they’re together of sorts, there’s only drama of the brand reminiscent of spinning ones wheels to nowhere.
- I’ve never liked the deep dark drama in Mattie’s life. It’s always struck me as the author ticking a box on the what my heroine needs to be in this kind of book chart – tragic past.
- I was afraid that the scary predator angle would be same-old as some of the previous books and was pleasantly surprised that it actually had more to do with the plot.
- Robo’s his awesome self, though I feel like he’s slipping from the limelight as Mattie and Cole start revolving around each other. Heck, even Cole’s kids and the housekeeper get way less page time.
- Cole’s still a saint. I don’t see that changing any time soon.
- The plot of this one was enjoyable. Big reveal is a tad anticlimactic, but it works.
- At the end of book 4, I was all ready to spend credits on 6 and 7, but honestly, I don’t know. I feel like the mysteries will be okay, but the family drama thing is getting very tiresome. Maybe I’ll return to the idea in a few months.
- Some cursing. Some violence, but less of that than the last book.
Conclusion:
So far, it’s a good series. It’s still one of the best of its kind, but to be fair, I have only read 1 other like it in recent memory.
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