Review: Breakdown (Alex Delaware, #31) by Jonathan Kellerman

Breakdown by Jonathan Kellerman
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Breakdown , the 31st book in Jonathan Kellerman’s Alex Delaware Series, featuring psychologist Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis solving crimes together in LA is not a bad addition to this series (which I have read most if not all of the books)….but then it’s not exactly one of those “wow” ones either!!

I suppose it’s pretty hard for a writer to keep things fresh after writing about the same characters and settings for such a long time and over so many books. And this is one of the things I have found in the last few books in this series.

I have come to know the characters so well that I know exactly what they will do next….how they will react to a situation…….how much more character development can be done after 30 books!!! I miss the interaction between Delaware and Sturgis that existed in the beginning.

The plot is good and well-written even when I thought the whole family secrets mystery a bit bizarre.

If you are a fan of this series, then you will enjoy this one.

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Review: The 14th Colony by Steve Berry (Goodreads Author)

The 14th Colony by Steve Berry
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I’ve enjoyed reading Steve Berry’s Cotton Malone Series but the latest and 11th adventure, The 14th Colony, was somewhat a bit of a disappointment for me.

Whilst I like the way the author blends in well researched historical mysteries with present day conspiracies, I found the plot, which revolves around the time of the Cold War and a lot of the USA amendments……Russian zealots bent on bringing down the USA today………..after a while I found myself skipping and skimming a lot of pages…….may I admit that I was bored….the slow pace until the last couple of pages …..did I struggle to get to the end.

Actually, I would have liked more pages given to Cotton Malone. Cassiopeia and other characters I have come to know and love.

This is the book in this series that never excited me. The author has written much better books in this series.

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