The Cobra Queen
{Pandora English #4}
Tara Moss
3rd March 2020
First of all, let me state for the record that I haven't read any of the other Pandora English books, and actually had no idea they existed until I started seeing the cover of The Cobra Queen floating around here and there. I was a bit nervous to jump into a book so far into a series, but I have to say that Tara Moss does a good job of dropping hints here and there about what had happened in previous book. So, whilst I didn't know exactly what had happened in the previous three books, I felt fairly up-to-speed on what was happening.
Now, onto the book itself. I quite liked the characters - Pandora herself felt familiar and interesting, and I really appreciated hearing her inner dialogue at times and how she was unsure of herself and such. I also really liked Lieutenant Luke, though at times he didn't feel properly fleshed out (haha that's a joke because he's a ghost... sorry.) and didn't really have much personality on occasion.
What really let this book down for me, unfortunately, was the writing. At times I thought it was really good and could get lost in the story very easily, and then much of the rest of the time I just found the writing to be stilted and a little dull, honestly. In particular, in scenes when two characters were having longer conversations or there was a lot of dialogue, I just found like it read very strangely and just not very believable. In one particular scene, which I won't detail because spoilers, two characters discuss something that is about to happen, and I just didn't feel like they were really even in the same conversation - it was just so jarring.
Having said all that, I did enjoy my time reading this for the most part, and I am definitely a fan of short paranormal fantasy/romance books like this. Still interested in where Tara Moss is taking this series, but still feel like parts of this need work.
First of all, let me state for the record that I haven't read any of the other Pandora English books, and actually had no idea they existed until I started seeing the cover of The Cobra Queen floating around here and there. I was a bit nervous to jump into a book so far into a series, but I have to say that Tara Moss does a good job of dropping hints here and there about what had happened in previous book. So, whilst I didn't know exactly what had happened in the previous three books, I felt fairly up-to-speed on what was happening.
Now, onto the book itself. I quite liked the characters - Pandora herself felt familiar and interesting, and I really appreciated hearing her inner dialogue at times and how she was unsure of herself and such. I also really liked Lieutenant Luke, though at times he didn't feel properly fleshed out (haha that's a joke because he's a ghost... sorry.) and didn't really have much personality on occasion.
What really let this book down for me, unfortunately, was the writing. At times I thought it was really good and could get lost in the story very easily, and then much of the rest of the time I just found the writing to be stilted and a little dull, honestly. In particular, in scenes when two characters were having longer conversations or there was a lot of dialogue, I just found like it read very strangely and just not very believable. In one particular scene, which I won't detail because spoilers, two characters discuss something that is about to happen, and I just didn't feel like they were really even in the same conversation - it was just so jarring.
Having said all that, I did enjoy my time reading this for the most part, and I am definitely a fan of short paranormal fantasy/romance books like this. Still interested in where Tara Moss is taking this series, but still feel like parts of this need work.
6/10 ghostly, but still corporeal, stars.
I received a review copy of this book from Echo Publishing in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and feelings are my own.
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