Zoë Archer

Though the setup for this was beyond absurd I loved the two MCs. Eleanor and Daniel nailed the witty repartee and I enjoyed watching them race around town and fall in love. Unfortunately, things fell apart in the last third of the book. The solving of the underlying situation that brought the couple together was dispatched in a way that told me the author did not know what to do with it -- there was no buildup really, and I remain baffled as to why the character named Catherine was even included. Also, the scene that precipitated the expected 3rd act hurdle was silly and not in keeping with anything before. This also suffered from selective stupidity. Our MMC figures out where to locate people with some Columbo-level preternatural internal radar, but when the FMC goes into hiding it never occurs to him to go check the most obvious place, her best friend's lodgings, despite having found her here many times before. The two leads and their wacky adventures were enough to make this generally enjoyable, but the story construction wasn't good, and the reader of the audiobook could not have been flatter in her delivery if she had been an actual robot. This is a true 3 star. Enjoyable enough, I don't regret reading it, but I am not for a moment lamenting that it is over.… (more)