The Killer Karma

My review also posted at https://novelsalive.com/2020/11/19/star-review-the-sinister-superyacht-by-ana-t-drew/

I stumbled upon this book and really wished I'd read the first book before reading this second book in this series. I always prefer to read series in order, but know that it's not always possible. All throughout the story, I felt like I was missing something. I felt that the author just jumped in, assuming that I'd read the first book, and so there wasn't the normal re-introduction of the characters and the locale. For example, I was confused for the first couple of chapters. I couldn't place where the book was set and kept wondering why there were French words being thrown in here and there. Then something was mentioned about Paris, and the lightbulb clicked. But I could mostly get past all that.

The mystery was cute. It wasn't terribly deep, and Julie and her posse really stumbled around more than actually do any hardcore sleuthing. In fact, the story just rather ended, and I wasn't satisfied with how it wrapped up. I felt that more time in the story was spent on Julie's relationships than with her business or the murder mystery. It just didn't feel very balanced to me.

In the end, I had a hard time connecting with the characters and their situation. It wasn't a bad story, but it didn't have me turning the pages because I had to know how it ended. I'm not sure that I'll read more in this series. I do suggest that if you want to try this series, you start with the first book, or you may have that feeling of missing something as well.