Review on Exploding with Excitement: Unleashing the Power of Explosive Eighteen by Joshua Gallegos

FYI there will likely be some minor spoilers in this review. This was my least favorite part of the series for a number of reasons. First, I found the whole Hawaii story overdone and not explained or put into any context to the readers until the beginning of the story. It annoyed me that I didn't know what happened, and it annoyed me even more when I found out what happened. Pretty lame all around. The situations with Joyce and Buggy were the other two big problems. Stephanie just let them both walk towards her. Why? There were so many other things she could have done to get rid of these two. My other problem with it was the ongoing saga between Stephanie, Morelli and Ranger. I welcomed her initial decision to give up on men in general until she pulled herself together and figured out what she wanted. Clever move - finally! The problem is that it didn't take long before she went back to the old one. At one point, Stephanie got her butt kicked and the reaction from Morelli and Ranger was disappointing. Virtually no response came from Morelli. The Ranger basically suited his personality and his reactions to things in general, but still. . .disappointing. In my view, the story didn't end well. It definitely felt like a different kind of ending. . ... more of that (probably) in the next part. So now I'm wondering at what point would I decide to just drop this series? I don't think I've quite got there yet. Curiosity will keep me going for now.