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Originally Posted by treadlightly
I read the first three but didn't buy into the romance between the two main characters at all. I'm interested in the futuristic world but didn't feel that she ever "built" it. Just kind of threw some words out there but didn't describe the technology. I liked the police procedural aspect and I may read the next few in the series in the future but I'm in no rush. I doubt I'll ever make it up above #30 though! That just seems too long for a series where the main character doesn't change.
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I have a friend who reads the series and she doesn't like Eve. I don't get reading a series where you don't enjoy the main character, but my friend is a mystery/crime reader and she says she liked the mystery and procedural aspects.
At least with the In Death series the characters all grow and change. For me the development of Eve's relationships (between her and Roarke and also between her and the various other characters) is the real draw of the series. Roarke is a bit too perfect in the first few books. I remember not liking him too much way back when the books first came out because I didn't think he was developed enough. But I've been reading the series since the beginning (I started when the second book was released) so it's difficult for me now to remember those initial reactions since I have reread the series so many times. With so many books we've gotten to know Eve and Roarke very well. But Nora still manages to surprise me at times.