Author: Rob Thomas & Jennifer GrahamBlurb: The Neptune Grand has always been the seaside town’s ritziest hotel, despite the shady dealings and high-profile scandals that seem to follow its elite guests. When a woman claims that she was brutally assaulted in one of its rooms and left for dead by a staff member, the owners know that they have a potential powder keg on their hands. They turn to Veronica to disprove—or prove—the woman's story.
Series: Veronica Mars #2
Publication Date: January 20, 2015
Publisher: Vintage Books
Pages: 336
Obtained: purchased
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Rating: 4.0
Bottom Line: A must for Veronica Mars fans!
Grab, Just get it at the library, or Remove from your TBR list? Grab!
The case is a complicated mix of hard facts, mysterious occurrences, and uncooperative witnesses. The hotel refuses to turn over its reservation list and the victim won’t divulge who she was meeting that night. Add in the facts that the attack happened months ago, the victim’s memory is fuzzy, and there are holes in the hotel’s surveillance system, and Veronica has a convoluted mess on her hands. As she works to fill in the missing pieces, it becomes clear that someone is lying—but who? And why?
Review: I adore Veronica Mars from the series right through to the fan funded movie. There is just something about that snarky girl that I can never get enough of... so it was an obvious choice to pick up the novels to continue where the movie left off. While I enjoyed the first book, The Thousand Dollar Man, it was a lot like reading a script in that we seemed to get only the surface details. Mr. Kiss and Tell was more fleshed out and far more satisfying in the story telling department.
The case was one of Veronica's heavier ones but Rob Thomas has never shied away from tough topics. Neptune is full of familiar characters and it's not surprising that this case centers around someone we've met before. It's one of the many things I love about this franchise. The characters go on existing in Rob Thomas's world and every once and a while we get a glimpse of them. Although sometimes, this time, it can be a little heartbreaking.
Logan and Veronica fans said there wasn't enough Logan last novel. While this is remedied in Mr. Kiss and Tell, Rob Thomas can't seem to stop poking at their relationship. It's like he keeps throwing cherry bombs at it hoping to trigger a bigger explosion. Now it is Logan who is stable and Veronica who is floundering. I LoVe Logan and Veronica together but I'm not sure that Rob Thomas knows how to write them happy.
This is a series I can't stay away from ...and if this is the only way to get my Veronica Mars fix from now on, besides re-watching the DVDs, I'm okay with that. Would you like this if you aren't a VM fan? Yes. I don't think the first book worked outside the VM realm, but the second one is solidly written. You will miss all the references though and if you aren't a Veronica Mars fan, why the heck not?!?
Logan and Veronica fans said there wasn't enough Logan last novel. While this is remedied in Mr. Kiss and Tell, Rob Thomas can't seem to stop poking at their relationship. It's like he keeps throwing cherry bombs at it hoping to trigger a bigger explosion. Now it is Logan who is stable and Veronica who is floundering. I LoVe Logan and Veronica together but I'm not sure that Rob Thomas knows how to write them happy.
This is a series I can't stay away from ...and if this is the only way to get my Veronica Mars fix from now on, besides re-watching the DVDs, I'm okay with that. Would you like this if you aren't a VM fan? Yes. I don't think the first book worked outside the VM realm, but the second one is solidly written. You will miss all the references though and if you aren't a Veronica Mars fan, why the heck not?!?
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