Bombshell

If this is the first book in a series, I shouldn't feel like I have to read books from one of the author's other series to have any idea WTF is going on. I gave up on the “Scandal and Scoundrel” series after book two, so I never read [b:The Day of the Duchess 31307650 The Day of the Duchess (Scandal & Scoundrel, #3) Sarah MacLean https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1477616140l/31307650.SY75.jpg 51979220], which meant that while the narrative here acted like I should know who Caleb is, I had not the slightest clue. I vaguely remembered Sesily, but that was about it. I'm not saying that the book has to be full of exposition, but some sort of setup so I know who these people are would be nice. Sarah MacLean is incredibly hit or miss for me, but I enjoyed the last couple of hers I read, and I was very much into the premise of “vigilante gang of overlooked society women taking revenge on evil rich dudes,” so I gave this one a chance. Far too little character development - the other vigilantes have characters like “wears glasses” or “is a duchess,” and Caleb kept alluding to a Terrible Secret or Dark Past or something that I got too annoyed by to even care about the reveal. Far too little of said vigilante plots, too many long cameos from other characters in MacLean's books which I haven't read. I DNF-ed a little before 50%, because I realized I just didn't care enough about anyone in this book to try to power through it before the ebook loan ended.