Mischief Maker

Reviews by the Wicked Reads Review Team

Sarah – ☆☆☆
This story is about the romance that sparks between two rat lovers. When we meet them, Jamie has just had his heart broken and Liam is all about YouTube fame. They are brought together by their shared interest in rats.

It’s difficult for me to get into a romance when I don’t particularly like either of the main characters. Jamie is a little bit boring and he’s constantly whingeing. Liam reminds me of all the bro-tubers my teenagers love and I wear headphones to avoid. He’s a bit of a lad with a slightly unusual YouTube channel. Neither Jamie or Liam really caught my attention and I didn’t feel very invested in their story.

The story itself starts slow before building into an unnecessarily angsty relationship between Jamie and Liam. The rats are the most interesting part of the story but I’m not sure I really believed in the big rat drama at the end.

I recognise that I’m probably older than the target audience for this book. I’m sure there will be readers who engage with these characters and their stories more than I did but it didn’t work very well for me.

Reviewers were provided a free copy of this book to read and review.

I really enjoyed this book. It was definitely slower paced then my usual reading material, but that wasn't a bad thing. It was definitely a contemporary romance, with a couple of story arcs that made it interesting, and while I was definitely engaged reading it, it's unlikely I would be desperate to read it again. The rats are adorable, and really make up the backbone of this story. Jamie and Liam are sweet, well rounded character - the story writing isn't superficial, it's well written grammar wise, and it's always nice for me to read something English rather than American, with a lot of local references and language that might be foreign to some people. I was really thrilled to see references to drag kings, and Lynn Flewelling. Perhaps with more experience Andi's writing pace will pick up, but this was definitely good enough that I'll purchase future additions to the series.

First read for me by Andi Lee. First book by this author.
I really liked it. Rats have never been my favourite pet, but I have to admit I wanted one of these so much!
We have Liam and Jamie and their ratty family, and quite a large cast of family, friends, acquaintances and ex lover/ friends to enemies. I really like that this is Uk based talking about places I’ve heard of if never visited. The story progresses nicely to the big finish the apology and a very nice epilogue

OMG - that was sooo cute. I really loved it, just enough angst without being overwhelming but not so much sweet I got cavities. The characters of Liam and Jamie grew as people - Liam becoming more adult without losing his exuberance and Jamie coming into his own gaining confidence and self respect. Really a wonderful book. I can’t wait to read more by this lovely author.