DNF Review: Malsum Pass by Kimberly Forrest

Posted January 31, 2017 by Holly in Reviews | 1 Comment

DNF Review: Malsum Pass by Kimberly ForrestReviewer: Holly
Malsum Pass by Kimberly Forrest
Publisher: Self-Published
Publication Date: December 11th 2016
Pages: 230
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DNF

After locating some letters her mother had kept hidden from her all her life, Tara Mason journeys to the small town of Malsum Pass, Vermont to find the family she never knew she had and to discover just why her mother had kept this place such a secret.

The town seems idyllic despite the townspeople’s odd habit of staring and… sniffing? And her new neighbor Riley Cooper looks like he could have been conjured from one of Tara’s fantasies, but there is definitely more going on here than meets the eye. Tara is determined to uncover all of the secrets, even if it reveals things she never knew about herself.

I was in the mood for a paranormal so I picked Malsum Pass up after Tracy reviewed it here, even though she didn’t love it. I should have paid better attention to her review, because I couldn’t even finish it.

The premise was good and I liked the heroine, her family and the town of Malsum Pass. Growing up, Tara’s mother refused to talk about her past, so it wasn’t until she died suddenly that Tara finds some letters from her grandfather and decides to seek him out. He’s overjoyed to see her, and so is her biological father and half-brothers. There’s just one catch…they’re werewolves. That aspect of the story was great. I felt like she accepted things a little too easily, considering she had no idea anything paranormal existed before visiting, but I was able to set that aside.

What I couldn’t get past was how big of a d-bag the hero was. He was condescending and rude, made decisions for the heroine without consulting her and basically treated her like an idiot or a small child. He only called her “sweetheart” (in the most condescending way ever), sometimes 4 times per page. I did a search and he called her “sweetheart” 112 throughout the book…and it’s only 230 pages.

I made it until about the 80% mark and I just couldn’t continue. I was waiting for one major event to happen and once Tracy told me I was waiting in vain, I was done.

DNF

DNF


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