I have two. The Ritual and Drowning.
The Ritual is pure smut. 61 chapters and every one contains a graphic, demeaning sex scene. I’m convinced the author was an adult film screenwriter and decided to try their hand at writing a novel. There isn’t a single likable character in this book.
Drowning isn’t a great work of literature. I felt that the characters were very two-dimensional. I hated how naive the author made the protagonist. It made me have a lack of sympathy for her. The ending was series finale of Dexter bad.
Ok this makes me feel better. I’m on chapter 17 of iron flame and I feel like I’m banging my head against the wall. The whiplash I have between the break neck pacing of the first book and the second is insane. There is sooooo much unnecessary dialogue so far in iron flame I’m STRUGGLING. I get that it’s supposed to be a 5 book series but holy shit, let’s move it along peopleeeee