When To Fear The Living

Obviously as soon as I finished the previous book, I had to continue because things were finally starting to spice up–we all saw this coming from a mile away once we knew Dylan was out of the picture.

Speaking of Dylan, I wish the author would just let him go, there's literally no reason for him in this book other than to be another boy who's interested in Lexie but doesn't know how to get a clue. There were already too many of those boys (most of which were pointless anyway).

When I found out who the stalker was I was kind of surprised it was who it was. Mostly because I didn't really think he was a significant enough to have such a big role in the story to begin with. I really don't like reading stalker plots because they just frustrate me IRL and on the page. I hated how prolonged his abuse was, it only caused Lexie to feel harassed and helpless at times. It also feels like a copout because it gives the author the opportunity to suspend progression of the plot and potential relationships that the readers really care about and replace it with a formulaic recovery process. I understand the necessity since the author had chosen to add the stalker plot, it figured things would escalate and nothing would be the same between Lexie and the guys. It just felt like such a copout. I honestly would have been perfectly fine with learning more about Lexie and her abilities than about some stupid fuck who would hurt her for a day and fuck with her emotionally for the rest of her life.