Dissatisfaction

There's nothing quite as itchy as the dissatisfaction from a bad plot element in an otherwise good book. And I've hit two of them in the same week, whilst I was waiting for all of your recs to roll in.

( Spoilers ahead for Pirate King and Empire of Ivory )

Edit: I also growl at authors who can't keep their characters consistent book to book -- there's a whole passage in Locked Rooms that focuses on how Mary's only seasick because she doesn't want to go to San Fran, and then suddenly in Pirate King she "always gets seasick." Argh!