I read the first book in this series last year and really enjoyed it.  This book, not so much.  The plot took so long to get started that I lost interest by the time it did. Not that it mattered, the plot was so far-fetched and meandering that even if it had taken off sooner, it would've just been a DNF.  The love triangle is ridiculous; pick one or shut up.  Neither guy is interesting enough to root for.

Also, one of my pet peeves is when someone owns a business and is able to take off out of town for several days with no notice.  Hello, real world?  Wrong number.

Frankly, this book was a waste of time and I don't think I'll continue with it.  What a shame, the first book was very good.

Edit: I managed to edit the theme somewhat, but still not altogether happy with it.  Really not a user-friendly interface, and if it hadn't been for the scant html/css experience I had from other sites (LiveJournal, Tumblr, Twitter) then I wouldn't have even gotten this far. 

  Dear BL: can you please make it easier to create your own theme? Maybe create a Theme Creator?  That would make things better. The world would smile and there would be peace.  Please, BL, bring peace to the world.  Bring a Theme Generator to BookLikes!

I've been on Twitter for around a year and a half and have amassed a whopping 65 followers (I've never been very much of a networker.)

I was culling the herd the other day and realized that only about 10 or so of the people I follow were actual people and not just musicians/authors/comedians trying to sell their wares.

So, out of the 65 people who have followed me on Twitter, about 55 of them are roboaccounts (no, I didn't follow all of them back).  Out of those 50, about 20 are robo-accounts set up by authors to follow people who use particular keywords (Book nerd is one). 

My point is, if you're an author,. and you can't even be bothered to post original content on your Twitter feed and instead just repost links and so on, why should I think your books are going to be interesting?  Like, if you can't take a minute out of your busy day once in awhile to post something that isn't click bait, then I'm going to assume your books are half-assed too.

Yes, I understand the fundamentals of marketing.  But I have several authors I follow on Twitter who have very entertaining and engaging accounts without being full of 100 daily clickbait links.  And you know what? Their books are all pretty good.

If that makes me a book snob, well, then...

I'm going to get on my soapbox here and say that if the only way you can sustain a plot is to introduce a character that is so annoying and b****y that their only purpose is to provide a distraction, I'm going to automatically deduct a star from my rating.

/end rant