Skeletons of Us by Anne MalcomMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Stalker Craziness
I was a little disappointed in this book after loving the first book so much. I think it’s because I felt the characters had a a bit of radical personality change, in particular Lexie.
After Killian dumped Lexie, she signed a record contract and went off to LA to become wildly successful, leaving a shattered Killian behind. Killian’s personality changes seem logical because he was always dark and brooding, him becoming an underground fighter seems to suit him as he punishes himself and rages at being away from the one bright spot in his life.
Lexie goes from being quite a wise and level headed young woman to an angry and betrayed woman who won’t give her heart to anyone else. She channels all her pain into her work and has only very casual relationships with people she doesn’t really like that much. She’s still very close to her band, but she never goes back to Amber and that seems to be something that Lexie wouldn’t do. She wouldn’t stay away from her family just to avoid the possibility of bumping into Killian. I understand that a lot of bad things happened in a very short space of time at a key age, but it did seem to make her very vulnerable whereas previously she was level headed and thought things through before over-reacting.
Killian is brought back into Lexie’s life when her life is threatened and her bodyguard seriously wounded by a stalker. Killian drops everything and heads out to her and won’t leave her side until she’s safe.
We see the bond the band all shares and the support they give each other, is like a family and it appears that fame hasn’t changed them except to have more money than they used to. In that respect Lexie hasn’t changed, but she does seem to act rashly a few times when a stalker is chasing her because she’s overwhelmed by her emotions. Everyone keeps talking about how she feels things so deeply when in the previous book it was how clearly she saw things and I think those are two very different personality traits.
I think if I hadn’t re-read the first book I wouldn’t be so hyper aware of the personality shift in Lexie and it really wouldn’t bother me that much and I would think the things she did was consistent with her personality and back story, however as I read about her experiences I know how she reacted to the things that happened to her, with the exception of how she reacted to Killian leaving her.
I wish I hadn’t re-read the first book in a way because then I could really enjoy the story and Lexie and Killian meeting up again and the plot with the stalker. As with all this author’s books the plot was tightly constructed and the writing pulls you in so you are wrapped up in the characters and can think of nothing else. There is a HEA which is satisfying and all well that ends well but that personality shift, just detracted from everything else for me. I will continue with the series because I still really like the characters and this author’s writing.
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