Lipstick Voodoo by Kristi Charish
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
I had trouble reading this one. It was very difficult to get into the story, I think partially because I read The Voodoo Killings (part 1 of the series) almost a year and a half ago and the second part picks up right where the first one left off. I couldn’t remember the details of how it ended, and I kept getting distracted by trying to piece together what little I still knew.
A lot of characters carried over from the first book, obviously, and we are thrown right into the middle of the action.
When I say action, I mean Kincaid going from one character to the next to have long, drawn out conversations that confused me even more. Between the blocks of dialogue, the reader is bombarded by a lot of information that is repeatedly given. The details and descriptions become very repetitive and slow the flow of the narration and made me even a little frustrated.
Considering there was such a great time span between the publication of the first and the second book, I would have appreciated a prologue or a short summary of what had happened in the previous story to bring the reader back up to speed. Instead we are thrown into the cold water, expected to make sense of it all.
The plot took a long time to become established and felt flat. It really did not get me excited or motivated to continue reading.
On top of that, I found the writing rather technical, for lack of a better word. With all the information and details the reader receives, I never felt any bond forming between me and the characters. I felt indifferent as the protagonist was kept at arm’s length.
I was looking forward to reading the continuation of Kincaid’s story, but sadly it wasn’t for me.
