15 Summers Later

I didn't want to DNF another so I skimmed/speedread the last 40%. As other reviewers have noted, there was a lot of telling vs. showing. Dialogue was awkward and expository in an unnatural way. (Small example: A main character runs an animal rescue, Emerald Creek Animal Rescue. She and others constantly refer to it by its full name in conversation, rather than “the rescue” or “ECAR” or some other natural shorthand. I was constantly thinking “This isn't how people talk...”) The storyline, interactions, and excerpts from the book-within-a-book also all got very repetitive.