Danni Girl Mysteries The Complete Series by Debra Sue Brice

In some aspects this issue had been made better when the dialogue was introduced and the characters were shown expressing their own feelings and thoughts making them more well rounded and authentic making interactions more fluid and believable. I know that the books in the series are written from Danni's point of view, but she's always telling what the other characters are thinking and feeling as if she's inside their heads, another issue I have with this series. The difference in bonds she has with the certain characters that is mentioned in this book is told not shown. There's a bit of a recap and a little update involving her interaction with previous characters from the book, but there is more telling than showing of this, which is the same issue I have with the other book. I like the fact that her friend's death was still shown to have an impact on her and the interaction between Danni and Ryan was a little better, with still a sweetness to it and a light, dry wit. The dialogue in this one flowed just as well. The start of the second book in the series was better than the first book in the series, although it was a light suspense and a light beginning. The second book in this complete series titled, Sailing Into Trouble was just as well written as the first book in this series with the dialogue on point creating the suspense and drawing you into it. All in all Danni was a likable character. But it would make this review too long to address the other issues I had with this first book in the series. I had other issues with this first book in the series, such as it was fast pace in parts but slower in others because of a little too much unnecessary info dumping, some of the info was fine but other things could've made the narrative even tighter without some of the very trivial stuff.

Maybe it was supposed to show he cared about her in a romantic way, but I think it was just shy of the mark. I found the first guy she encountered, Chris as more paternal in the way he interacted with her in a scene in Chapter One, than a potential love interest. It was hard to connect with her grief over the other friend's death, it felt forced and therefore missed the mark on the depth of emotion. That part was too weird even for a close friend, whom she wasn't even dating. I found their relationship to be somewhat co-dependent, from both characters. In the first book in the series Book One: Running into Trouble, I felt that the main character, Danni was a bit too involved in her friend, Ryan's intentions about his own love life.

Danni Girl Mysteries The Complete Series by Debra Sue Brice