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Thursday, April 19, 2018

Book Review for The Zodiac Killer by W.L. Knightly

The Zodiac Killer by W.L. Knightly started out very well, I read the first half in one sitting. I was okay with it going into their personal lives because that makes for a well rounded character. But when it gets to the point of him needing to shave to eat his wife, without the sex scene, it is no longer character development but a waste of space/words that have no bearing whatsoever on the story. The whole serial set of books is fine but they should not be putting a $3-5 price tag on each book unless they are full length. The book puffed up with irrelevant scenes (if they had sex and it was a full scene then that might have been relevant) and makes me think to stretch it to 13 books they are all going to be this way. The BDSM and CBT scenes were needed in this book to go with what I think is going to be the eventual story line, so I will disagree with others who say it is over the top or not needed. Honestly, the editing and story line were very good. 

There are a few things that dropped it from 4 stars to 2 for me: 
1. To puffed up and should have been an entry novella, 
2. unnecessary scenes (called down to mom's nursing home for a fall didn't need 2 pages just a paragraph), 
3. I figured out they are around 29 years old but very few people are as far in their careers or as knowledgeable and experienced as they seem to be at this age, 
4. They have the emotions and interactions of junior high students not the seasoned adults they should be.

https://www.amazon.com/Zodiac-Killer-Killers-Book-ebook/dp/B078MB6LDM/ref=la_B079647C7Q_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1524166569&sr=1-1