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Wonderland
by Jennifer Hillier
Read Completed 4/4/23 | 3.75 stars ·· Thank you to Netgalley & Macmillan Audio for approving this request for an audiobook review copy!
This was actually better than I thought it would be! I really enjoyed the tone of the book and the writing style, for the most part. It reminded me of a lot of the detective thrillers I used to read a while back and it was a comfortable feeling to have.
I do think a lot of the plot was over the top, which is not a bad thing but it's not my preference. I would have really liked it a lot more if this was actually a series and a few of these different things used throughout the book had been all split into different books. There was a lot going on and it felt like TOO much. Some of the things incorporated were barely even used... kind of including the big, shocking finale. It wasn't super shocking when I didn't really have time to consider it being a possibility. A lot of things just felt like they weren't used enough so when everything was revealed in the end, it fell a little flat.
Bianca was just straight up ridiculous and I hated her whole story arc. I really liked Vanessa and would have liked to spend more time with her (see previous comment about spreading this out into a series) and her detective work. The other side characters were a little blah except for Vanessa's PI friend who came to join her, who was apparently in another book that I didn't read/didn't finish, and apparently Vanessa makes an appearance in LITTLE SECRETS, but I read that one first and years ago so I wouldn't have known.
The amusement park was also kind of fun, but I still felt like it wasn't quite used to its full potential. Lots of things just fell a little short, and the book was a little long, so I end up with a bit of a mixed review.
This was actually better than I thought it would be! I really enjoyed the tone of the book and the writing style, for the most part. It reminded me of a lot of the detective thrillers I used to read a while back and it was a comfortable feeling to have.
I do think a lot of the plot was over the top, which is not a bad thing but it's not my preference. I would have really liked it a lot more if this was actually a series and a few of these different things used throughout the book had been all split into different books. There was a lot going on and it felt like TOO much. Some of the things incorporated were barely even used... kind of including the big, shocking finale. It wasn't super shocking when I didn't really have time to consider it being a possibility. A lot of things just felt like they weren't used enough so when everything was revealed in the end, it fell a little flat.
Bianca was just straight up ridiculous and I hated her whole story arc. I really liked Vanessa and would have liked to spend more time with her (see previous comment about spreading this out into a series) and her detective work. The other side characters were a little blah except for Vanessa's PI friend who came to join her, who was apparently in another book that I didn't read/didn't finish, and apparently Vanessa makes an appearance in LITTLE SECRETS, but I read that one first and years ago so I wouldn't have known.
The amusement park was also kind of fun, but I still felt like it wasn't quite used to its full potential. Lots of things just fell a little short, and the book was a little long, so I end up with a bit of a mixed review.