User blog comment:The Jacked Maverick/Why Veil of Secrets Failed/@comment-27818075-20190212095645

I agree completely only with "diamond happy ending" point. That was really unfair - and, what's worse, PB continued this tradition in ILB. You CAN'T make your whole group survive without diamond options, at least one person will die. That's straight rude.

Though other points look convincing, this story could have been better... but, honestly, look at other books. ''This book has so much filler, that this book continuously goes in and out of being good. One chapter has us hanging out, waiting for our next move. The next has some sort of scandal break. (...)And the next had a “looking back at all that happened" chapte'' - this is literally EVERY Choices book. Fillers are everywhere (maybe except Braidwood Manor, there was simply no place for that), some books are 95% filler (TRR, RoE, LoveHacks, HFTH, second book of PM etc.). Even HSS trilogy and It Lives fall into this sin. Veil of Secrets looks a lot more balanced and well-written than those stories. Maybe that's why people (and I personally, I love this book) are content.

Finally, about LIs. I played as a straight man and Naomi was a perfect LI for my character. I agree about Kate, she should have been mentioned as LI a bit sooner - or be left HINTED to love MC. But I don't know what's the problem with LIs. They're not blank (as, again, in most other books), they're well-written, and you can choose someone you really like (and pay for your happy ending, mwahaha). I think that's a very personal opinion. For example, I think that BloodBound is a terrible book and I hate all the characters in there because they are boring and cliché as hell, but I know that a lot of people like this book and are thrilled for a sequel. So I may not be the expert on that and state that BloodBound failed :)