Deadly Arrangements

I just did not like this book. I tried to. I wanted to. But, in the end, the only good thing I can say is that the story had a few comical moments.

Let's start with the broadest issue, which is the genre. This book is marketed as a mystery. If that's what you're looking for, look elsewhere. Most of this story concerns Quincy's relationship with her boyfriend. The mystery is secondary and convoluted. This book is far more romance than mystery.

As for the plot, the attempt at mystery becomes overly complicated, the motives questionable, and the characters involved completely one-dimensional bordering on silly. The fact that Quincy even needed to solve this mystery, to me, is ridiculous. In the end, I could only shake my head at the kind of show more inept police department that would need her to solve this crime.

Now on to the romance. It's tiresome, repetitive, and immature. This, of course, makes Quincy feel immature. She spends endless pages contemplating whether or not to have sex with her committed boyfriend. Quincy is 30, not 18. This just didn't feel believable. In fact, their entire relationship felt childish to me. Rather than discussing certain concerns she has, she chooses to ignore them and sulk like a teenager. He is no better. He is supposedly gorgeous to look at. He's an undercover cop who is certainly experienced in life. Yet he behaves like an overly polite but clueless high school boy. They don't communicate, other than to talk about whether or not to have sex.

I picked this book to read because I was in the mood for something light and fun. Unfortunately, none of it worked for me. show less