Stuck

I've started a couple of series of books that are supernatural in nature with a female lead character. The series I've been reading are: Anita Blake, Merry Gentry, Mercy Thompson, and Rachel Morgan. Anita Blake started out wondering if she was becoming a psychopath and now is pretty much smut. Merry Gentry was always smut, but smut that lead to magic. Mercy Thompson somehow remains a mellow read, despite the violence of the werewolves. Rachel Morgan started out rather intriguing, someone muddling their way through a rather complicated life.

Now I'm stuck in the middle of book 3, Every Which Way but Dead. I've realized that Rachel seems to be a thoughtless victim. While life swirls on around her, she'd be unable to survive without her friends, but she seems to have a talent for upsetting them. At this point, I'm not sure I'm going to be able to continue reading the book I'm on, let alone the series.