What a ride this book was! I requested it because about 20 years ago, my aunt and uncle took us to Point Roberts while we were visiting them in Bellingham. I was fascinated by the little town and when I saw a murder mystery based there, I knew I needed to read it. 

In this book, fifteen murders occurred on Point Roberts over the course of three years, always in February. For the past 30 years, the town is closed off from the world every February in order to keep the town safe. But are they safe? 

Five strangers of varying ages, whose lives were forever shaped by the murders, come together to try to discover what really happened all those years ago. 

I've read books from a couple different perspectives before, but a murder mystery from five different perspectives was unique. The characters were so fleshed out and each one was relatable in a different way. 

Honestly, I was reading this book slowly at first, but that was entirely on me, not the book. Once I got about 75 pages in though, I was so enthralled. I woke up from a dream in the middle of the night and found myself thinking about this book at 3am, not able to go back to sleep. It was just so compelling. I feel like I lived the month if total lockdown and all the twists and turns with the characters. 

Do yourself a favor and pick up this book. You won't be disappointed.

Sophie’s penultimate book this month was Point Roberts by Alexander Rigby, a thriller set in the strange little town of Point Roberts on the US/Canadian border. Between 1987 and 1989, the town became the target of a serial killer who attacked five victims every February. After the third year, the town’s mayor decided to lock Point Roberts down every February. No one is allowed in or out and it is illegal to discuss the murders or the fifteen victims with masked patrols always listening out for rule-breakers. There have been no deaths for nearly 30 years but the townsfolk have long suspected that the mayor knows more than he is letting on.

One February, five people decide to defy the order and finally solve the case. A teenage orphan named Liza, author Theodore, newly-arrived baker Colette, elderly recluse Maude, and fisherman Grant. All have their own personal connections to The Fifteen: Theodore was the husband of the town’s sheriff, Maude lost her husband to the Point Roberts Slayer and Grant lost his grandfather. As they begin to dig, they each receive a call telling them that they will be one of the next five victims. The Slayer appears to have returned.

This was a strange book that had endless twists and a whole boatload of serendipity as well. The resolution was a little absurd – if not the most ridiculous Sophie has ever come across – but the thing that made her rate the book only a two-star was the writing. Every page was filled with the most flowery of purple prose, metaphors that constantly had Sophie rolling her eyes, and unnecessary descriptions that treated the readers as if they were children. Clearly, this is not an author that has heard of the concept, “show don’t tell”.

Point Roberts did a great job of making Sophie want to visit this beautiful part of the world, but it also put her off reading any more books by this author!

I love a good mystery, which is what drew me to Point Roberts. The pacing was slow for the first five chapters, but quickly picked up after that. I love the concept of found family, and loved seeing the characters who had lost so much find a home within each other. However, I did find it hard to connect with the characters as they were mainly white. 

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC!

During the month of February, no one is allowed to enter Point Roberts. No one is allowed to leave. 

After a string of fifteen murders taking place in the 80's, all in February, the town is shut down each year for 29 days in hopes they are keeping a killer at bay. But an orange journal has washed up on the beach, labeled The Fifteen. And someone is making phone calls claiming a new group will be the next victims. 

Told from multiple perspectives, Liza, Maude, Grant, Theodore, and Colette all have deep investment in finding out who the Point Roberts Slayer is. Working together to ensure the killer is stopped before they strike again.

Content warning for: fatphobia, rape mention, abuse mention, f slur, transmisogny 

Oh boy, hmmmmm! This was unfortunately just not for me. Two stars for a really, really interesting concept that had me SO intrigued and excited to find out where the plot was headed! Apart from the concept, I struggled with a lot of this story and found myself slogging through to finish it. I usually stop reading if I'm not enjoying a book, but I wanted to know whodunnit!

What I enjoyed:
• Grant has an orange cat named Binx. I have an orange cat named Binx! 

• This has a pretty fast pace in the beginning, with little mini reveals sliding off the page to the reader every few chapters or so. I felt so interested in the oddities of the cases, mysterious writing on the wall in blood, limbs left on the shore, assailants dressed in capes and masks stalking through the woods! 

It felt like a great setup for a slasher! All of your classic tropes of an over the top outfit the killer wears, leads that go nowhere, an isolated area where no one can leave! 

What I didn't love as much:
• Oh boy. There is so much fatphobic writing. The town mayor is a pretty centric character here, and almost every single time he is on page, the fact that he is fat is written negatively. Every time he talks, moves, does anything. Villainous fat characters.......it is so tired. So tired

• The writing itself felt very hard for me to follow! I found it so difficult to focus, the writing felt repetitive, tedious at times in how overly descriptive the smallest bits were. I am all!!!! for descriptive prose, but it was less prose and more incredibly detailed descriptions of how a character would just like, walk in a door? I found it hard to focus on what was going on as the sentences trailed like this throughout the entire book

A lot of metaphors or ways of describing how a character was feeling felt off, sideways. Every time a character talks to another character they recount what they already have previously, in enough detail that it feels like I'm reading the same thought over and over again

• I didn't love comments the characters would make about things. It felt like the author was trying to be inclusive with his characters, but did so in a very clunky way where rather than be inclusive, naturally, it felt like a need to make sure the reader knew "hey aren't I being SO inclusive, here!" 

A few examples:

Liza says Maude traveling to Kyoto is "exotic." There's a description of Grant, a Black man, his complexion "growing lighter" in the changing light of the side of a house. "Color of porcelain skin contrasting against his (Black skin.)" Grant is made to be somewhat intimidating to the other characters, which is just.. a tired trope as well

• I did have a pretty good idea who the killer would be, I found it to be a bit hmmmm as well. The idea behind who the killer is isn't bad, but their motive felt almost like it didn't fit the tone of the rest of the book in a way? But this is only personal preference! I didn't love that the villain has a really, really long monologue at the end of the book to explain everything. The characters themselves even say it takes like over 2 hours for the entire thing to be explained in-story??

Overall:
The concept is truly fun, and the idea of a group of found family to solve these murders is also good. That said, I really couldn't get on board with anything further than that. 

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Allegory Ridge Press for an e-arc!

Many thanks to NetGalley and Girl Friday Productions for providing me this eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Actual rating: 1.5 (rounded down)

*Instead of a coherent review, I’ve opted for bullet points jotted down while reading. Some of these are stray observations, but most are general complaints/criticisms:*

•For such a seemingly small peninsula, Point Roberts has a prison, an airfield, and a funeral home... but no schools? That was very odd to me, but since—surprisingly enough—it’s a real place, I’ll let that criticism slide.

•The Briar’s Grove Society’s initiation was certainly... something. I thought it exceedingly silly. I don’t see how anyone in their right mind would ever participate so willingly in it. Seriously, I find it highly unlikely and unrealistic. As with the entire mystery, to be honest. You’re telling me that no one could piece ANY of the clues together? FOR THIRTY YEARS?!? It sounds like shoddy detective work to me, or an author trying to drag out a story for far too long by asking us to suspend our disbelief for 400 pages. The amount of evidence that’s discovered as the plot progresses makes it seem like anyone could’ve figured it out right away. It was all too implausible. I don’t know what more to say.

•You’re telling me Maude never once left her house—or spoke to anyone—in thirty years?!? And all it took for her to shove off her reclusion was a chance encounter with Grant? That’s it? A few words and she’s back in the saddle? I don’t buy it. Trauma and agoraphobia simply don’t go *poof* and vanish all at once.

•“...she noticed the pain written on the girl’s face...from a difficult life afflicted with sadness.” I’m sorry, but whenever I look at someone’s face, all I see are eyes, a nose, and mouth.

•There were out-of-left-field politics thrown in, which was strange. The author pushing their political bias... in a mystery novel, no less! There was no place for it in the story, but it was included anyways.

•Lots of unnecessary queer suffering. There are quite a few lgbtqia+ characters mentioned (I believe 4 or 5), and of those, three were murdered or dead, and one had AIDS. Like, why?

•There’s an obvious red herring thrown in at the halfway mark, and it goes on and on with that “suspect.” For such a glaringly obvious misdirection, you’d think it would nipped in the bud rather quickly, rather than dragged out. It was frustrating knowing this person was clearly not the killer, and then watching the characters scramble around like they were. Whatever.

•There were a few pages devoted to praising the film La La Land, which, I mean, it’s a great movie, but an odd addition to the overall story. It almost read more like a film review than anything; and using it as an analogy just didn’t work.

•Really, the whole story is predictable. It just sort of sputters and jerks us around until the last 1/4th. I wasn’t surprised, and I was so ready for it to be done (having gone on for far longer than it should have).

•For most of the story, we have a reasonable third-person point of view for all the characters. Then Part IV arrives and abruptly shifts into first-person, which I found strange and, frankly, unfortunate. And then again, it switches back after about 20-30 pages. It felt messy to me...

•From there, the story really stumbles towards its conclusion. I lost count of how many pages were devoted to the killer(s) explaining every little detail of their modus operandi... Quite literally, they go one-by-one through their reasons for killing each of the 15 victims. I wanted to pull my hair out, but I chose to hard skim the text instead. All I could think was how it mimicked the very same lame cliché for every terribly made mystery/thriller book, film, or television show: The antagonist has their long-winded oral exposition on the why and what and who and how and where and when. I hate it.

To conclude: All my interest went out the door the moment Part III ended, and to be honest, there wasn’t much left by then to begin with. It was such a shame, too. Point Roberts could’ve done things differently, but it instead opted to be just like most others in this bloated genre: uninspired and generic.

I have mixed feelings about this book. There were a lot of things I liked, and I was surprised to find myself attached to the (non-villainous) characters by the end. Plot-wise and characters-wise, this is around a 4-star read for me, but I have some gripes that lowered my rating. 

What I liked: 

The characters. Liza, Theodore, Collette, Grant, and Maude are all likable and complement one another well. Each person has some sort of character growth throughout the novel. They also become a found family, which I always enjoy. 

The intrigue. I thought the plot was well-done and I didn’t see the villain reveal coming, as there are many twists and turns along the way. When the truth is revealed, it’s deeply disturbing and morbidly fascinating to read about. And that ending is quite a doozy; sometimes I randomly think about it and get the chills. 

What I disliked: 

Fatphobia. We’re introduced to the town mayor early on, and he’s immediately revealed as sketchy and unlikable. However, the author waxes on and on about the mayor’s weight, almost as if his being fat is supposed to make us dislike him more. I found this unnecessary and problematic. 

Too long. I agree with other reviewers when I say that this book would’ve been better if it were 100 pages shorter. While the plot was interesting, it took me forever to read this book because it was so slooow. I didn’t always mind the descriptive writing style, but it didn’t have to be that way throughout the entire book. 

The way the last 10% was handled. Like I said before, the truth was fascinating, but I thought presenting it in the form of an epic villain speech was rather cringe-worthy.

I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review

I want to thank Netgalley, Alexander Rigby, and Alden, The Allegory Ridge Press for giving me a chance to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

I honestly find this book a little typical YA Mystery because I just feel like the things happened in the first few chapters just happened because that is the plot. Also in the later half of the book, although i'm enjoying the mystery aspect of it, some things just really happened because it needs to happen without any further in-depth explanation for it. I also find holes in the story---not the plot---that gives me some questions to think about. Some things here are really questionable and they are "just" exist because they are need to exist. There's this one event in the book that I found weird and a little insulting, even though The Fifteen were just fictional victims, I just really cringe at what happened in this particular event where I saw it as romantacizing the murder case. And I was like "dude, what the hell are you trying to do?" lol.

What also take away some of my enjoyment while reading this book is the info-dump. There are some things here that is just "telling" rather than actually "showing". The narrator really loves to dump informations that it feels like I was reading a website that is dedicated to this book's murder case. One more thing, I am really not impressed on how the author execute the revelation of the case, like it's info-dumping to the next level. Instead of having some effects to make it thrilling, the character just had a monologue about it like in over 2 paragraphs.

Truthfully, I really consider to DNF this book, but what keeps me from doing that is because the mystery is so good. It is really interesting and intriguing as the characters study the cases. I just really really wish most of the facts are not revealed in an info-dumping way. Though, the confrontation of characters towards the killer in this book is really ridiculous that I keep asking "why do you have to do that?" or "why is this particular thing happening", just why.

For the things that I love about the book, it has a big casts of characters and they really are unique in their own way. I really got excited when the book introduces them one by one. I also like their bond that evolves throughout the book. The author did a good job writing at their development and their relationship at each other. It has also LGBTQ and POC representation which is interesting to read. My favorite character is Maude, unlike other characters, she has complexity on her own that makes her more realistic. Other characters looks like they are just going with the flow. For example the character of Liza, she is interesting but in the later half of the book she is out of her character. She suddenly act like an adult rather than a curious and clever girl when I first read her. You can say that it might be a character development, but it's really not. It just happen and then bam! Plot progress.

Overall, I rated this book 3 out of 5 stars. Even though it gave me questions and some holes in the story, the mystery is still good. Recommended to all who needs an easy read but still looking for some good mystery.

Liza finds a book in the water  She realizes it belongs to Theodore.  He is an expert on the subject of The Fifteen, This is fifteen people who were murdered back in the 1980's.  He is trying to find the murderer and Liza wants to help him accomplish this.  He gets help also from Colette and she gets help from Grant and Liza also get help from Maude.  Will they find out who murdered these people in the town that closes in the month of February.each year.
This book did not disappoint.  I loved the characters and the storyline was different but worked.

I often say that I am not a fan of mysteries, but Rigby proved me wrong with Point Roberts.  

Point Roberts is an actual place on a peninsula in Washington state. In this fictional account, 15 murders took place in the late 80's only in the month of February. As a result, they mayor of the town closes off the town each year for the entire month of February making it a crime for anyone to leave for any reason.

One day, a foster child named Liza is placed with a family in Point Roberts. Her adoptive father dies 3 years ago and she has not had an easy time of it since. She is walking near the shore one day and comes across a manuscript contained in a plastic box titled The Fifteen. Of course, Liza has to know more about it so she takes the book with her and hurries back to her foster home to try to get it out. As she passes by a nearby home, the author of the manuscript sees her and with it wondering how she has found it since he chucked it in the water.

Theodore, author of The Fifteen, eventually meets up with Liza and the became unlikely friends. He feels comfortable enough with her to tell her why he wrote the book since his deceased husband spent so much time trying to crack the case. The two of them also become friends with three other townspeople also desperate to find out who the Point Roberts killer is forcing their town to close every February.

There are so many layers to these five that unravel throughout the story bringing them all together in the end to decipher the details of what happened all those years ago and why the killer or a copycat killer has resurfaced all of the sudden.

Rigby has a great way of developing all of the characters so that you feel totally invested in wanting to solve the mystery with them. There was also a bit of a twist towards the end that I did not see coming and actually said out loud, "What? No!" Alexander Rigby remains one of my favorites, for sure.

Very interesting book! That what is comes to my mind when I read the book.

The small place like Point Robert, a peninsula in Washington State. Surrounded by water and a giant wall that spans its border with Canada. After a decade ago, still, Point Robert is in the shadow of the fifteen people who were murder there. Every February, this little town is cut off, from the rest of the world, in an attempt to stop a brutal serial killer from striking again. And so far... it has worked.

The decades-old case remained unsolved. That's the beginning of the suspicions that residents of Point Roberts have if there something big behind the mayor's enforced lockdown? Liza seventeen years old moves to town with her foster parents and February begins. At first, she doesn't know anything about the murders, but that will change when she will find a mysterious book - The Fifteen - a book that shares shocking details on the killings. 

Wanting to discover who is the Point Roberts Slayer, Liza teams up with four other people who all have personal connections to the victims. These five people work hard together to discover who is behind the identity of Point Robert Slayer. They tying to stay out of the murderer's destructive path so they don't become victims themselves. 

A very unusual story for a little place like Point Roberts. The plot is something that definitely traps your attention and time. So you must make sure that you will not have some obligation that you must to do while you reading this book. Trust me you will not have time for that. 

Five people are a complicated portrait of problematic characters who want to protect their hearts from the truth, but still want to go on and put end to the mystery of Point Roberts Slayer.

I want to say big thanks to NetGalley for this amazing opportunity to read a such good book.

Ah, the honest review. I hate having to write reviews like this, as I'm always achingly aware of the fact that there is a human being who worked their ass off behind every book. Sadly, Point Roberts just ended up being more problematic than anything else.

Two things I really did like about it were the cover and the way the story came about. I think it was actually the cover that drew me to the book in the first place, and the whodunnit romp promised by the summary sealed the deal. The book was also, as I understand it, conceived thanks to the author's fascination with an actual place called Point Roberts, and stories that start out that way have the potential to be really good.

But that's where it ends for me, really. I sped through the first 15% of the book in a state of definite curiosity at this new and exciting world and its sordid past, but after putting the book down for a day and returning to it anew, the issues were impossible to ignore. Let's start with the length of the book, as it relates to some of the smaller detail I want to cover. This book could have half of its 414 paperback pages, and it would probably have been better for it too. There are paragraphs upon paragraphs were the author waxes lyrical about some tiny inanity in a character's inner monologue, or about the landscape or the ocean, that could just have been left out entirely, as it mostly doesn't contribute to the story, and despite all this, I still didn't connect with any of the characters. I know that each author has their own style, and long and involved (and sometimes striking, I will admit) metaphors and descriptions have their place, but it was so out of sync with the rest of the book - and added so little value - that I ended up skimming like mad just to get through the slog.

Another thing that would have shortened the book is by leaving our unnecessary clarifications and explanations in the narrative when the dialogue already addressed the information clearly. The best example of this (actually from the book) was when three women - two adults and one teenager - were thinking about drinking some wine. The teenager notes that she's never had wine but that she'd love to try some, and the one adult responds by asking the teenager to get three glasses from the cupboard. That short bit of dialogue makes it absolutely clear that the woman has agreed to let the teenager have some wine too, doesn't it? They are the only three people there, after all. But no, in this instance, the narrative after the dialogue explains it by reiterating that the woman had used this statement to acknowledge that the teenager can indeed have some wine. This. Was. Not. Necessary. I promise you that stuff like this happens ALL OVER this book. I realise that this sounds like a small thing to quibble over, but if it happens often enough, it just becomes this glaring red flag that begs the question: how much shorter (and better) would this book have been if the author did not believe they have to spell everything out for the reader? I get that this is probably something that the author isn't even aware of doing, but in that case, whoever did the editing should have picked up on it and either pointed it out or just deleted the offending phrases and sentences.

Then we get to Part IV of the book. Here, the author steps outside of the formula that had been used in the book up to that point to Make A Statement. Basically, this is 75% into the book, and the POV changes from third-person narration to first-person, focusing on four of the main characters that are trying to solve the mystery. The chapter is also started off with a few paragraphs about how to solve something, it's sometimes necessary to see the issue from more than one perspective, so the author is really setting this up to be a chapter of diverse voices that show the characters' heretofore unheard inner workings and through that, bomb-like revelations about who the Point Roberts Slayer actually is. A pretty genius device, I think - if it had worked at all. To my reading, there is not a single thing in any of those four perspectives that 1) contributes to the promised hivemind revelation of who the killer is, or 2) tells the reader even one single new thing about the characters that the exposition in the third-person sections of the book didn't already do. Essentially, this whole section is more of the same, with only first-person pronouns swapped out for the third-person ones. If you as an author make such a deliberate style choice, it has to pay off for the reader, otherwise, they just feel like they were duped into being part of a failed experiment.

And then finally, the ending. I won't say much about this to avoid spoilers, but using an extremely convenient device like a sailboat appearing out of nowhere - not to further the story, but to instead facilitate a physical manifestation of the kinds of metaphors used throughout the book - is not okay. It's cheesy and confusing and makes for a really muddled ending to what should have been a more succinct book.

Rant over. I can see the bones of a good book and a blooming author coming into his own right in Point Roberts, but in its current form, it just does not cut it.

The book hooked me from the start, and I thought that the multiple POVs were very well-crafted and helped develop the characters and the overall story. I love books with this set-up of people trying to figure out a killer a la 'YOU SHOULD KEEP THIS TO YOURSELF,' and this book was no exception.

I received an ARC of this book, in exchange for an honest review. I hate being over critical, as everyone’s taste is different...but for me, this was the book that tried too hard. Seemingly pointless diversions into backstory, in order to make some characters appear complex, were annoying distractions from an already meandering plot. The language and attempts at creating atmosphere were stilted and overwrought at times....I could almost hear the iconic “da da da dummmmm”. There were some good ideas within... they just got overwhelmed by “too much” (too many twists, too much melodrama)...to the point of becoming outlandish. 2.5 stars, rounded up (for effort)

The overall plot was very intriguing, but I found myself disconnected by the many over-the-top twists that pulled me out of reality. This was a very easy read, though it was a bit clumsy and often over-explained. Perhaps this would appeal more to a young adult audience. 

As someone who identifies within the LGBTQIA+ community, I found that these themes, as well as the minority representation, lacked depth. It was, however, great to see so much representation in one book.

The cover art and the overall style of the novel are well-conceived. 

Thank you to NetGallery for the ARC edition in exchange for an honest review.

This was well written mystery with a very atmospheric setting. I was totally hooked into the investigation for the first half of the book. The characters were unique and I loved how each had a story related to the mystery. The characters were my favourite part of this book. They were entertaining especially Liza and Theodore. 
I started losing interest at the end because it became very repetitive. The ending dragged on for a good amount where it was just a rehash of the first half from the killer's point and it became a bit too long for me. 
Overall I liked the book and it started with 4.5/4 stars but the ending was just okay. So I would go with 3.5 stars.

A motley crew of survivors and murder victims' relatives are determined to solve a cold case in a locked-down town. Who killed 15 people in the 80s and what could have tied them all together? When teenage Liza finds a discarded book of evidence and clues, she and four strangers band together to pull the thread. 

First, let's talk about the elephant in the room: Rigby's writing style isn't for everyone. Some scenes are way over-described (I do know what happens when someone shrugs -- the motion doesn't need to be described in detail) and I suspect Rigby's thesaurus gets a lot of use. For some readers, this may be enough of a turn-off that they won't enjoy the story. The writing style is my biggest criticism. 

I flew through this book in just a couple of days; I just had to know what happened next! I especially enjoyed the diverse cast of characters -- they aren’t just diverse in the obvious ways, they have unique personalities with rich emotional lives and fully fleshed-out backstories. Each character has their own voice, and although the chapters flow smoothly, we get to experience the story from new eyes in every chapter. There was no confusion about perspective. The story, pacing, character development, and balance are top-notch.

A few other reviewers liken Point Roberts to Scooby-Doo and they’re not wrong! A ragtag gang of five bands together to run around town solving a mystery. They do eat a lot of snacks, pair off to collect convenient clues, and unmask the baddie who would’ve gotten away with it if it weren’t for those meddling townies. Beyond that, it’s a unique character-driven whodunit with plenty of red herrings. 

Because there are so many victims, an astute reader could spot enough connections to solve the puzzle with a third of the book to go, but going along for the ride with Liza, Theodore, Colette, Grant, and Maude is the real purpose of the story. The small-town Pac Northwest scenery is gorgeous and feels like a character of its own. Mystery lovers will find Point Roberts a satisfying if wordy read.

Thanks to NetGalley for providing a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. Point Roberts is available today.

Alexander Rigby drops us on the shores of Point Roberts and leaves us with the feeling that somehow we might never escape. Initially following Liz, a young woman who has found herself here after a string of foster homes, the story jumps POVs, allows us small glipses into the lives of Theodore, Colette, Grant, and Maude. There were so many twists that this is one of the few books where I didn't figure it out before the big reveal. The five work together, and apart, to attempt to discover the identity of the infamous Point Robert's Slayer, a murderer who killed fifteen citizens in the February of 1885-1987. After 1987, the Mayor locked the city down each February, but threats and calls make the group think the Slayer is back for more. 

5/5 Stars! 

Thank you to NetGalley and Girl Friday, Alden, The Allegory Ridge Press for providing me with an e-arc of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I thought this book might be interesting,  a town shutting down for one month a year due to murders 30 years ago?  At first it seemed slow to get started with the story, but about a fourth of the way, it really switched > to intrigue, complicated histories of residents, and determined and unusual investigators.  I would recommend it to anyone who likes involved and not so easy to solve mysteries.

I worried this would read too much like a ya book but I was not disappointed. I liked the writing a lot, it had a very dark tinge. The story itself gripped me from page 1 and I could not stop reading! I will be checking out the author's other novels aswell.

This was the closest thing to a Scooby-doo style mystery book you can get. The plot is constantly moving in a quick paste that will leave you intrigued. I did enjoy the multiple perspectives but at some point, characters would retell stories to inform a clueless character of a new clue. The dialogue got slightly repeated because of it. I did really enjoy the age gap between the character, I thought that dynamic was fun to see. Overall this was a fun read with just a few problems with the dialogue.