I knew what I was getting into with reading a Hilderbrand-the beach read queen. And while the genre invites escapism and implausibility, I found it a bit too out of reach for me. Did I read the first book in a day? Yes. Because I like Doritos (re: The Housemaid review).
Things I did not like:
1. Bart storyline. I know I seem terribly unpatriotic, but I’m friends with some veterans and his lack of therapy and lack of PTSD was EH trying too hard to avoid the trauma of war.
2. Superrrrrr quick character resolutions. People would be awful and then 30 pages later everything would be awesome (re: Norah Vale).
3. Ava’s love life. Come on…get a spine.
4. EH’s plug of her own book. Ick. Ick.