Synopsis
Overnight, Calypso "Cal" Morgan's sensual Greek summer abroad
turns into a thrilling, high-stakes race to prove to the world (and herself)
that her brand-new and very sexy boyfriend Daniel is not a murderer. On the run
together, Cal and Daniel must outwit handsome Greek detective Nico Theseus and
face their attraction to each other - amid the stress and growing suspicions
unearthed by the investigation.
Review
Book 1
This book was ok. I was really hoping that would be as
thrilling and exciting as the synopsis made it seem but unfortunately it
wasn’t. It was a reasonable start to the series but it didn’t really grab me
the way that, as a thriller, it should have. One issue I had was that the sex seemed
so out of place. I’m not fully sure why but it just felt off, maybe it was due
to it occurring so early in the overall story line but I’m not sure.It’s hard to properly judge this book because you are not getting a whole story. Not only is it incredibly short but it doesn’t even stand alone; it feels like you are simply reading the first few chapters of a book. Because of this I am being quite gentle as it feels much too early to judge this overall story despite the fact I have read novella 1. I am giving this book 3 stars, a generous 3 stars, because I want to reserve further judgement until I have had more than the introduction to Cal’s story.
*I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review,
this has not affected my opinions or rating in any way*
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I have now read the rest of the Follow Me serialised
novellas and I am still disappointed, in fact more so now I feel like I have
actually read a full book and can review it properly. This story had a lot of
potential and the idea behind it was great but I feel the execution of it
really let the premise down. What should have been a book full of tension, suspense
and mystery was instead a story that was too predictable and easy to guess. I
had managed to correctly guess who did it by book 2 and I think quite a few other
readers will too.
I found the ending to be very unsatisfying. Though the
question of who did it was answered very little else was covered and I was left
not knowing exactly why. There are so many actions by various characters that
aren’t explained as to why they did them. In fact everything actually makes
more sense before you know who did the murder as that person’s actions then
make minimal sense. Also several things are referred to as if they had been previously mentioned when they aren't. I wish these 5 books had been released as one with more
embellishment and explanations; I think I would have enjoyed it a lot more if
that had been the case as Follow Me does have potential. One good element of books 2 - 5 is that the sex scenes did seem to fit into the story line a bit better and the ones in book 1 did make more sense.
Honestly, I see no reason why this story was split into 5
short books. They do not stand alone well and together they make a perfect
length novel, not something much too long that needed to be split. They also
released mere days apart so obviously they had all been written before book 1
released rather than some serials were the author releases each segment after
writing and takes reader opinion into account. I have read several other
serials such as this and for the first time I feel like this was done as no
more than a way to scam me and other readers by having us overall pay more than
we would have if this was sold as just 1 book.
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