The Mosquito

I did not see that twist ending coming.

Another bad one. I'm not sure if I'm going to continue the series or not. Basically, main character is a guy whose wife leaves him because he's “too nice” (or put another way, is a people pleaser and doesn't like to stand up for himself), but decides to go on their planned vacation to their friends' vacation home in the south of France anyways. There, he has to deal with the harassment of a mosquito that might not be real and a widower who has decided to just be the biggest damn asshole imaginable.

Honestly, I have no idea why it took almost the entire story before the other characters (who exist pretty much as just first names) called the a-hole out for being a jackass. The ending was bland and over all the story was subpar and only slightly better than the previous one in this series. Pretty much, I just didn't care about the main character and what he had to go through.

I am grateful that this was such a short read because I don’t think I would’ve been able to deal with Rupert for a full-length book. I know Rupert lost his wife but damn that man was annoying as hell. It’s like his whole personality was his wife and now it’s his wife’s death. My goodness, the MC (Michael) deserves a prize for not jumping over tables just to smack Rupert across the face, he was incredibly disrespectful and intrusive drilling Michael about his failed relationship and it seemed like the group used “he just lost his wife” as an excuse even though they followed with “it’s not an excuse but still”.

I was so glad when Kate (Rupert’s sister) stood up for Michael after he spoke to her about leaving the trip early. The bomb that she dropped was crazy but also, how am I not surprised that Rupert was an absolute jerk to his wife?

That ending was… WOW, did not expect that lol. Kate and that ending are the only reason why I added another star.

🫧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 📖