Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men (Jane Jameson, #2) Review

Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men by Molly Harper
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I would have to say that this book was just alright. I felt like there were so many ridiculous things that occurred throughout this book. I felt like I was watching a cheesy comedy movie or show. Or a family with a history of mental illness. I was expecting there to be a bigger ending to this book, more dramatic maybe. I was hoping that more would happen but it was all pretty simple. Since Jane is the main character, I was hoping for her and Gabriel to make some progress but it seems that neither of them trusts the other. The main thing was that Mama Ginger, Zeb's mother was ridiculous. Besides going to the crazy lady for help with her son in the first place, she did too many other things that were taking things too far. How can a person be that insane?

So here are some things that I had a problem with. It could just be me but I would have handled these situations differently therefore they frustrated me. First, Mama Ginger brings a baby to Jane's house unannounced. It wasn't even a baby that Jane had ever cared for. Who does that? Apparently Mama Ginger does. After she does this she rushes out of the house. There is no way that she would have gotten away with that. No matter how much I like a person, if they left me with a child, baby, or infant who I didn't even know I would threaten to call the police. I am no good with babies and neither was Jane really. No sane person would do that. Since Jane's a vampire and apparently it was still daylight or close to it, she could have passed out.

There are simply no words for nearly Jane's entire family. Her sister and grandmother were horribly cold hearted. I'm not sure if I would speak to my sister if she did all the things that Jane's sister did. She sued her, stole from her, and set her up in the first book if I remember things correctly. Her grandmother acted as if she barely existed. Additionally her grandma's fiance tried to stake Jane. I don't know if it's just me, but that would be unforgivable. Yet everyone seemed to overlook that simple fact. They just had a "let's all calm down and talk about what just happened calmly" attitude. I would hope that if someone tried to do me harm my family would call the police. Or if I'm a vampire I would have just killed the guy out of self defense. She already knew he was off.

Due to all of this and the fact that the book didn't really capture most of my attention, I'll give it 2 1/2 stars. I giggled here and there and even laughed hard a few times, but the plot doesn't really make me want to read the third. If anything it make me want to ask someone to give me an overview of the third book and possibly skim through it one day.

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