Status Updates From Badlands (Badlands, #1)

So my last book update I was impressed that Simon told his police partner about his visions, didn't run into danger and used the police tip line.... Well thighs have definitely changed in that front. Why do authors think their characters have to be all self sacrificing and run into danger without a plan? SMH tut tut tut very disappointing. We were doing so well.

Wow, Simon was told that something was dangerous and ACTUALLY took precautions. I better check outside and see if pigs are flying. This never happens in books. Doesn't Morgan Brice (author) know that characters are meant to act stupid, not tell anyone their plan and run into danger? So nice to see Simon warning others about the murderer, use police tip line and actually tell his partner about visions. Revolutionary!

Why do they call the killer the Slitter if he's killing people by stabbing them in their heart?

Christ, this Billy Bass is even stupider than Simon. He's straight out mentioned Simon's cop boyfriend, but doesn't think that maybe he'd be looking for him or know where Simon went (well, Simon thinks that too, to be fair.. because he's also stupid) & be on his way with backup? Goes on with his villain monologue and decides he's going to do a slow bleed while they wait instead of a quick kill & getting out of dodge?

These dumb MCs who wanna play hero make me roll my eyes. Simon is going to go pick up Tasha or whatever her name is, thinks about telling Vic, and decides no because the cops won't believe woo woo shit. You don't have to report to the cops officially. You can at least tell Vic where you're going and why, just so someone knows... and say there was a suspicious guy who gave her the creeps, not even mention her powers.

God, I hate oral. Rimming and blowjobs, yuck! Also, they randomly threw "knob" in there. Guess they were bored of cock. Anyway. The sex isn't hot because they don't have enough chemistry and they didn't build up to it. Again, if your first kiss and first fuck happen at the same time, you're doing it wrong. They're also TOO focused on sex. All they think about every time they see each other is "my dick hard again!"

A Harry Potter reference? Ugh. Published in 2018... I guess that's early enough that not everyone would have yet been aware of how awful jk rowling is.

Also, the sex is not only too soon, but comes out of nowhere. Very abrupt.

Was going well, but they jumped into sex too quickly. The insta lust on both sides was frustrating, but at least the tension over the reading got in the way so they didn't jump straight into fucking. But generally speaking, if your first kiss and first fuck happen at the same time, you're moving too fast :\