Review: It's not that the Ritchie's can't write... it's that the female characters are just....Bad.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 15, 2014
"This is the last time..."That's what I say each time I read the Ritchie books. Because there are some excellent kernels of great writing and some great characters... they just make such shockingly poor choices that it's almost hard for me to wrap my head around.  Not the kind that are even really understandable. For instance, Ryke, Loren and Connor are well-developed and even likeable, even when they're being stupid.Lily, Rose and Daisy are... let's just say car wrecks are less painful to watch. Daisy is just another in a long line of moronic sisters who are not only hard-to-believe and relate to-- you kind of want bad things to happen to them.  Because seriously-- they're just that awful. With Daisy in particular, I half-hoped she would hit the rocks at the bottom of a cliff or snap her neck on during a motorcycle accident just so I could see the storyline move on from her. I kept thinking, "Just... God, make it stop!  Put that vapid chick out of her misery!" And now the sisters are procreating!  Oh no. No. No. No.I've said it before, but I mean it this time. "This is the last time."  I waded through 4 books because I think the Ritchie twins have potential.  I just think I'll just have to wait for a new storyline/series that is NOT about the Calloway Twits and hope for the best. May those two have a fruitful career and may they please write some more interesting characters who make interesting choices for interesting reasons...