tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81677827277347325702024-03-13T14:09:32.925-05:00Li'l Kit's ReviewsBook blogger with a taste for walking on the wild and dark side! 18+ blog.ndhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12536639735792685711noreply@blogger.comBlogger239125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167782727734732570.post-43268954032283356202017-05-20T13:28:00.006-05:002017-05-20T13:30:14.057-05:00Blood to Dust<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31817076-blood-to-dust"><img align="left" hspace="20" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1472730298l/31817076.jpg" width="249" /></a><br />
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<b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31817076-blood-to-dust">Blood to Dust</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13531492.L_J_Shen">L.J. Shen</a></b><br />
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<b>My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1893675202">3 of 5 stars</a></b><br />
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<b>Writing: ★★★</b><br />
<b>Story: ★★★</b><br />
<b>Characters: ★★★</b><br />
<b>Narration: ★★★★★</b><br />
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<b>Overall rating: 3.5</b><br />
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This book, while the blurb sounded good just didn't hit the mark for me with the insta-lust predictability. I struggled with this one from the beginning, but finally finished the audiobook.<br />
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The one thing I do have to say about the narrator for the audiobook was, while in the beginning i thought he was going to put me to sleep, it was his ability to bring each character *and* their accent, to life that kept me hanging on to this book.<br />
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<b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31694023-bound">Bound</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5192439.Melody_Anne">Melody Anne</a></b><br />
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<b>My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1899931222">4 of 5 stars</a></b><br />
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<b>Writing: ★★★★</b><br />
<b>Story: ★★★★</b><br />
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<b>Overall rating: 3.6</b><br />
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This was an odd book for me, I neither hated it or loved it, just middle of the road.<br />
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The blurb did catch my interest, and the book was picked for me in a "Pick-It-For-Me" Challenge on my group. But I'm not sure it would have been one that I would have chosen for myself. I guess that's part of the challenge, to expand our reading. :)<br />
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Jewell Weston is homeless at 24, with her mother dead she is trying to regain custody of her little brother, but the courts say she can't since she has no job, no money, and no stable home. <br />
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So in search of a job she is led to "Relinquish Control", an exclusive escort service that caters to the very rich.<br />
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Blake Knight is a cold hearted asshat (in my no so humble opinion), who is gifted an exclusive membership to Relinquish Control by his younger brother. <br />
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Blake has no interest in going and/or getting an escort from the establishment. But he ends up doing so anyway, mainly out of curiosity. While on the tour of the place he sees Jewell (of course), and she's the one he wants. However, McKenzie, who owns and runs the business refuses since Jewell is so new and hasn't been properly trained. <br />
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But, money can buy whatever a man like Blake wants, and Blake wants Jewell and he has the money to back up that particular want. He feels that he can train her to meet his specific.... "need".<br />
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The rest becomes pretty standard cookie cutter BDSM with a few twists and turns thrown in.<br />
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I felt like the end of this book ended in a bit of a cliffy, even though Blake and Jewell's story seemed to be complete, it opened the door to other characters.<br />
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<b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22369032-empire">Empire</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7373567.Lili_St_Germain">Lili St. Germain</a></b><br />
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<b>My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1842803476">5 of 5 stars</a></b><br />
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<b>Writing: ★★★★★</b><br />
<b>Story: ★★★★★</b><br />
<b>Characters: ★★★★★</b><br />
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<b>Overall rating: 5.0</b><br />
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OMG! What a ride! Lili hits another one out of the park!<br />
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5 star series start to finish!<br />
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<b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22369033-kingpin">Kingpin</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7373567.Lili_St_Germain">Lili St. Germain</a></b><br />
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<b>My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1502309053">5 of 5 stars</a></b><br />
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<b>Writing: ★★★★★</b><br />
<b>Story: ★★★★★</b><br />
<b>Characters: ★★★★★</b><br />
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<b>Overall rating: 5.0</b><br />
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The second book in the Cartel Series was even better than the first! I could not put this book down, I'm not sure why I haven't read this book before now, but damn sure happy that I have!<br />
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Kingpin picks up 9 years later and we find Mariana is now the "Accountant" for the Gypsy Brothers/El Sangue Cartel. For 9 years she's lived on the knife's edge of life, never knowing when or if Emilio is going to snap and kill her or worse... because with Emilio, there is always worse.<br />
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Emilio's son Dornon is still able to keep his relationship with Mariana a secret.<br />
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But Dornon is starting to get suspicious of Mariana. Is she telling him the truth? Is she hiding something from him? Is there someone else? It's easier for Dornan to not think too much on these things.<br />
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Dornan's character, in my opinion, has firmly planted both of his feet on the dark path of his life. <br />
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I'm loving this series!<br />
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<b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20604094-the-ties-that-bind">The Ties That Bind</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5006690.Johnny_Stone">Johnny Stone</a></b><br />
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<b>My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/830182180">5 of 5 stars</a></b><br />
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<b>Reread February 6, 2017</b><br />
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Did a reread of this book for a group challenge, and three years later it still took my breath away. I remember working with Mr. Stone on this book, the everyday rereads and re-writes. Going over the plot, changing this and changing that until it was the best we could possibly want. And after letting it sit for all these years than doing a reread I still enjoyed this book like it was the first time. <br />
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This book is still a solid 5 star read for me, and will more than likely be a reread again in my future!<br />
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Okay. Catching my breath! That. Was. Excellent!! Johnny Stone took the story of his first book in the Slave World trilogy so much further in this sequel, Slave World: The Ties That Bind, than I thought was possible. <br />
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This is a Science Fiction based story with elements of BDSM incorporated throughout. <br />
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<b>Margo</b>, as we know from book 1 of this story, is an anthropomorphic female. She was a woman that was enslaved and taken to Slave World where her DNA was altered along with her appearance. She now has the perfect body, the perfect face, perfect everything. She is given perfection, but at the same time has had everything taken from her. <br />
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<b>Nathan</b>, the love of Margo's life. The man she wants most in the world to be her Master. To use her as the submissive slave that she is. Nathan doesn't want to be that in her life. But he does try, for her. Because he loves her. <br />
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As Nathan and Margo are leaving the Slave World Ranch in search of Margo's ship that was stolen from her when she was kidnapped, even more treachery is afoot, and they are forcibly separated. I felt so much sadness for them. For Margo who lived and breathed for Nathan and for Nathan who wanted this woman in any and all ways. Again, the cruel hand of fate is not kind to Margo, which seems to be the story of her existence. She is again kidnapped and held against her will by someone that is even more evil and vile than Master Michael was in the first book.<br />
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But Margo has a very deep and dark secret, and it's this secret that she calls on in the worst of times. The secret within her that takes over and helps her survive. And I mean this in the literal sense of the word! <br />
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We get to meet new characters like, Sergeant Major James Wroth and Private Sandra "Snake" Fullerton, a.k.a. "Sandy". My two favorite fun characters! Wroth is a sexy and funny man, mostly sexy <b>because</b> he's funny! Sandy is a tough but broken woman who has demons of her own, but still finds time to throw some snarkiness right back at the man she loves to hate. When these two get together they are like dynamite with a very short, lit fuse. Anyone standing close is sure to feel the burn of sexual heat coming from these two. But they also work well together on this very important mission. I promise you'll fall in love with Wroth and his many "Wrothisms"! You'll also fall in love with how he and Sandy fall in love with each other. <br />
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And Cherise... sweet Cherise. She is Margo's caretaker for a while and then her friend. She is a sweet and kind self-aware AI, which can be a dangerous combination, but you come to believe that she's so much more than that.<br />
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There are other very interesting characters some you'll remember from the first Slave World, like Donna, Cirus, Ashley, and Donovan. There are some new and intriguing characters, and some will come as a surprise. There are other worlds, one, Eden, is full self-aware AI. <br />
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I absolutely, love, love, LOVED this book! It's a non-stop, can't put it down even if I wanted to, book. The characters are well written, the world building is so in-depth that you'll actually be able to visualize it as you read the words. <br />
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I can't go to much further in-depth in my review without giving away plot spoilers. This is one that you have to read for yourself to appreciate. And ohhh the best thing about the end of this story? It leaves you wanting MORE! And there is more to come in Slave World 3 which will conclude this trilogy. <br />
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Reading Slave World, the first book is a must before reading this sequel to get the background history on main characters in this carefully crafted world of extraordinary characters.<br />
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This book is another solid 5 star read for me!<br />
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Solid 5 stars!<br />
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<b>*I have the continuous privilege to interact with the author here on Goodreads and in my personal life. With that said and even though I was involved on a daily basis as this story developed, and was written by the author, I believe this to be a true, fair, objective and honest representation of my opinion of this book*</b><br />
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<b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18108894-murder-in-the-yoga-store">Murder In The Yoga Store</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7144066.Peter_Ross_Range">Peter Ross Range</a></b><br />
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<b>Writing: ★★★★★</b><br />
<b>Story: ★★★★★</b><br />
<b>Characters: ★★★★</b><br />
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<b>Overall rating: 4.6</b><br />
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I'm a fan of true crime, but I don't get a lot of time or opportunity to read it. I needed a book for a reading challenge that called for non-fiction and I stumbled on to this little gem.<br />
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It's short and quick and it lead me to look further into this true story even after I'd finished to find out what happened further down the road.<br />
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This book was troubling and very sad and I really felt for the victim and her family. The author does a great job of sticking to the facts and writing in such a way as to not sensationalize this tragedy.<br />
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<b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18069463-wanderlust">Wanderlust</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5339130.Skye_Warren">Skye Warren</a></b><br />
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<b>My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/934967839">3 of 5 stars</a></b><br />
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<b>Writing: ★★★★</b><br />
<b>Story: ★★★</b><br />
<b>Characters: ★★★</b><br />
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This book had the potential to be really good, the blurb really grabbed my attention, but alas, the story just kinda fell flat for me.<br />
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There was no real world building or character development, and the story was at times too unbelievable.. I just couldn't connect with any of it.<br />
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The ending didn't justify the story for me, even though it was a decent ending.<br />
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<b>Story: ★★★★★</b><br />
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<b>Anna Monroe</b> is the daughter of Rebecca Anne Fowler, the Madison Ridge Killer, who murdered 12 women... with the help of Anna when she was a child. Anna <i>"was raised on blood and torture. Slicing up their painted faces and perfect bodies"...</i>, in short, she had one fucked up childhood.<br />
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And this book is no different in the adrenalin fueled fear-junky mind of mine. There were times in this book, I had to literally turn away from my Kindle, shocked by what I was reading and fear of what was to come, and hoping for it to grab me all at the same time.<br />
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There isn't much I can tell you here about the characters without spoiling a second of this book. If you like dark erotica with a very large splash of horror, then this is a total must read for you.<br />
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18848949-bdsm-basics-for-beginners---a-guide-for-dominants-and-submissives-starti">BDSM Basics for Beginners - A Guide for Dominants and Submissives Starting to Explore the Lifestyle</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7011809.Michelle_Fegatofi">Michelle Fegatofi</a><br />
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My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/913270609">5 of 5 stars</a><br />
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Even though I've been in the lifestyle for almost 6 years, I decided to pick this book up and give it a read. One never stops learning, right?!<br />
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I found a lot of useful information, things that I've done in the past that aren't followed so much anymore, but I'd like to re-incorporate into our lives. This was a nice, and much needed "refresher" course. <br />
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The book is well written, with a lot of great advice, no matter how new you are to the lifestyle or how long you've been *in* the lifestyle.<br />
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If you're curious about the lifestyle, this is one of the best to read, and learn from. It's exactly as the title says... <i>BDSM Basics for Beginners</i> it's a <i>guide</i> to learn from and get your footing. <br />
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I also have this book in paperback, and have gifted it to several new submissives I've met along the way. I've used it to get answers to some of the more basic questions that pop up from time to time.<br />
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I've followed <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7011809.Michelle_Fegatofi" rel="nofollow">Michelle</a>'s blog, <a href="https://bdsmunveiled.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">BDSM Unveiled</a> for a while now, and have even used her blog and books as educational topics for newer submissives that come on to my Master's and my board, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/73916-the-erogenous-zone" rel="nofollow">The Erogenous Zone</a>.<br />
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I highly recommend this book, and her other books, including her blog, to anyone that is interested in delving into this wonderful lifestyle! It's a great book to sit and just read, and to refer back to as needed.<br />
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<b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34660484-on-air">On Air: A sexy story about a teacher who helps his student find her inner voice</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16609940.Anna_Viola_Peg">Anna Viola-Peg</a></b><br />
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<b>Story: ★★★★★</b><br />
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Maggie is in college to become a journalist, but she only wants to write. She doesn't like appearing as a stuttering little girl, on the air or in front of the camera, who didn't know what she was talking about. That's how <b>she</b> perceives herself at least. <br />
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Mr. Finian is the seminar tutor, and a good looking one to boot. He is young for an academic, early 30's, and while Maggie found him attractive, she also found it really hard to like him because of the subject he was teaching.<br />
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Maggie has her usual bored expression, she doodles, plays with her phone, anything to get through the class. Until suddenly he's looking right at her. Awkward! <br />
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Well, let me think about this for a half a second... Hell yes! I'd be more than happy to take some private time with Mr. Finian! But Maggie isn't as keen on the idea. She just wants out of there, like two seconds ago!<br />
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Okay so she doesn't want the private tutoring, but she must attend the radio workshops the following week. And at the last workshop she will have to record her news piece in the radio booth. <br />
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She thinks to call in sick, tries to get some of her friends to stay with her since her recording will be the last one of the day. But everyone has plans and she realizes she will have to be alone with Mr. Finian.<br />
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What happens from there is seriously fucked up.. and seriously hot! Mr. Finian is going to school Maggie in a way she won't soon forget.<br />
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I'm a reader of dark erotica, normally, and this short story really had the potential to turn in that direction very easily if it were a novel. <br />
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I enjoyed reading this with my morning coffee. It's short, (well, that's why it's called a short story right?), to the point, and erotic. So if it's a quick read with your coffee, over your lunch break, or before bed, then this book fits the bill. <br />
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I'll be watching for more from this author in the future!ndhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12536639735792685711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167782727734732570.post-33519271190276642982017-05-20T10:36:00.003-05:002017-05-20T10:36:54.179-05:00Hard by Cheryl McIntyre<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25175808-hard"><img align="left" hspace="20" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1428179482l/25175808.jpg" width="249" /></a><br />
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<b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25175808-hard">Hard</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6431156.Cheryl_McIntyre">Cheryl McIntyre</a></b><br />
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This book was surprising, I was settling in for what I thought was a pretty dark read, after reading they synopsis... but what I got wasn't really all that dark, but it was really good.<br />
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Holland is running from her past and herself and she's doing it alone. She's alone and lost in this world after losing everything she loved.<br />
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To me, as emotional as this book was, I really admired Holland's strength. To quit her job, get in her car and just head towards a new life... and not really knowing *what* that life will hold, she just knows that it's got to be better than what she's leaving behind.<br />
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Holland gets a job waitressing in a small town, and Jensen, a 30-year-old scopophiliac, (yeah, I had to look that one up! Definition: deriving pleasure from looking. As an expression of sexuality, it refers to sexual pleasure derived from looking at erotic objects: erotic photographs, pornography, naked bodies, etc.), who has been coming in everyday for a few months, ordering the same thing and doing what he does best.. he looks. Unfortunately, Holland doesn't notice it, or him.<br />
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I really liked Jensen the moment he came into view on my Kindle. Strong, mysterious, and Dominant! <br />
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I loved how Ms. McIntyre wrote the sex *into* the story, not that the story was built *into* the sex. And the scenes were tasteful and erotic, which complimented this particular book quite well.<br />
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Very enjoyable read!<br />
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I loved the very last book in this series because we got to hear Jace, Elliot, *and* Juliette's POVs. It was nice hearing Jase and Elliot's thoughts too.<br />
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This was a great HEA ending to a terrifying rollercoaster ride of death and destruction, and darkness with very little light along the way. I have fallen in love with Jace and Elliot, been worried, scared shitless and rejoiced for Juliette, hid my eyes and openly hated the man that Dornan was, throughout this entire series. <br />
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Juliette takes the prize for the most badass, fucked up heroin I've ever read about. She climbed up from her deathbed after being brutally raped by Dornan and his seven sons, to a relationship with Elliot, then back to exact her revenge on her rapists, to finding her lost love and her happily ever after.<br />
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Yes, a great wrap up to what will be one of my top favorite series' of all time. It was twisted and dark and chilling... all the things I love in my reads! There aren't many series that I've read that I can say were solid 5 star reads from start to finish, but this is one of them! <br />
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Okay this book... <b>*THIS*</b> book is my favorite of the five I've read in this series! This book is so dark and twisted that it's hard to find any goodness or light to even escape it.<br />
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The terrifying ending to the last book picks up in this one. Dornan knows. The one word he said to her, the one that made my skin prickle and crawl... <i>"Juliette"</i>. I knew at that moment that her life and her vendetta could very well end.<br />
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<b> <i>"You think you're the one with the power, at least I did, but then I got careless. One tiny mistake, and now I am powerless to stop what comes next." --Juliette</i><br />
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Dornan thinks he's breaking, or broken, Juliette... but even Dornan isn't that good. In my opinion, Juliette is just too strong for that. I seriously don't think Dornan could break her. The only one that could break her is Jase. If something happened to him, or if he turned his back on her and betrayed her, or took his love away from her. *That* could break her... but Dornan? Pffftttt. Right? RIGHT??<br />
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Okay. So I could be wrong... perhaps Dornan does have that power.<br />
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The only way for you to find out is to read this book! Oh if you love the darkness, you love this book!<br />
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Finally in this installment, Jase finds out that Sammi is really Juliette. I'd been waiting for him to discover this. But I felt that it's was kind of anticlimactic, Jace (to me) seems to just accept it, business as usual. But I was still happy that the truth finally came out.<br />
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Jacked him up pretty bad, but didn't kill him.<br />
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But Dornan just won't fucking die! He is in a coma, which is acceptable, until he wakes up.<br />
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This book, even with all the action, still felt a bit "calmer" than the previous books, a tiny bit of a reprieve from all the darkness, but I was still on edge waiting for what was going to come next. I was not disappointed.<br />
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<b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21805653-five-miles">Five Miles</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7373567.Lili_St_Germain">Lili St. Germain</a></b><br />
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<b>Writing: ★★★★★</b><br />
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The second book in the Gypsy Brothers' Series was even better than the first!<br />
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<b><i>"'To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.' -- Confucius<br />
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'I would never forget. And so, for me, being wronged was everything.'--Juliette/Sammi"</i></b></blockquote>
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In the first book, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18751827.Seven_Sons__Gypsy_Brothers___1_" rel="nofollow" title="Seven Sons (Gypsy Brothers, #1) by Lili St. Germain">Seven Sons</a>, we saw Juliette get started on her revenge when she killed Chad.. and in this book we see her stalk another one of the brothers while Dornan is in mourning. <br />
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We also find out what Dornan did to Mariana 6 years ago for her "betrayal" of him. And true to Dornan's form, he whispers the deed into Juliette's ear during sex.<br />
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My one problem with Juliette is that she seems to get off on sex with Dornan. As much as she says she is only doing it to get close enough to him, the club, and the cartel to take them all down, the majority of the time she enjoys it. *pondering look*<br />
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But I did enjoy this book, just as much, if not more, than the first in the series. I have a feeling it's only going to continue to get better. That's my hope at least!<br />
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After coming off the high of reading the Cartel Series, I couldn't wait to get into the Gypsy Brothers Series! And I wasn't disappointed!<br />
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Seven Son's picks up 6 years later after Juliette was brutally and horrifically raped by Dornan and 6 of his 7 sons while the 7th son, Jason (Jase), was forced to watch. Juliette was all but dead when she was taken to the hospital. Dornan didn't *want* her dead, he still needed information from her on where her father, John, hid the money that he embezzled.<br />
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But as far as Dornan and his sons knew.. well as far as everyone knew, Juliette died in the hospital. But she was actually rescued by Elliot, a cop that was on the case. He took her back to his grandma's home in Nebraska where she was nurtured and loved. <br />
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Elliot loved Juliette, and Juliette loved Elliot, but she had nothing but revenge on her mind and that overshadowed anything she could ever really have with Elliot. And she was still in love with the boy that Dornan brought home one day when they were only 16 years old, Jase. <br />
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Dornan had killed Jase's mom, leaving her dead body in the bathtub for Jase to find, then Dornan took Jase "home" to meet his family. Yes, Dornan is Jase's father... but he's frickin' Psycho!!<br />
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Oh, yes he <b>*did*</b>. Dornan loved his sons in his own twisted and fucked up way. And I think he actually grew to love Jase... but the other 6 brothers, not so much. They were cruel to Jase. Sadistically cruel.<br />
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In Juliette's quest for revenge, she wants to infiltrate the Gypsy Brothers and kill them all, one by one. She goes to Thailand to have total facial reconstruction. The only thing she can't hide are the 7 slash marks on her hip where each of the 6 brothers and their father slashed her with a knife when they were (each) done raping her. <br />
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So with a new face, she heads for the Gypsy Brothers' compound, to begin her quest for revenge as Samantha/Sammi Peyton.<br />
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She is able to seduce Dornan into making her his new girlfriend. And as Sammi finds out, Dornan is just a brutal *in* bed as he is out of it. <br />
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Moving from the Cartel Series into the Gypsy Brothers' series I find that the Dornan I liked in the past is truly no more. He feeds off cruelty. He's dark and twisted, and did I mention psycho?<br />
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Seeing Jase again and not being able to tell him who she is, is tough on Juliette, but she has to maintain her cover or risk being killed. <br />
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16069869-big-sky">Big Sky</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2654606.Kitty_Thomas">Kitty Thomas</a><br />
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My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1899931080">4 of 5 stars</a><br />
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Luke, a rich ranch owner, watches her though this downward spiral, and feels it's his job to "save" her. By "save her" I mean he kidnaps her and takes her home to his ranch, and enslaves her. It's how she has to pay for this "kindness" that makes this story.<br />
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<i>"You will be her. Or else. You'll make me forget you aren't her. I'm not going back to before I found you. You will love me and obey me and submit to me, and you'll do it with that look of adoration Trish used to give me or I'll never stop making you regret wearing her face."</i></div>
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Ronnie fights the first few days, until she's branded, strapped to a St. Andrew's Cross, and nearly drowned by Luke, followed by Ronnie's near acceptance of it all. I felt at this point things moved REALLY too fast! She went from being taken against her will to craving him bangin' her like a screen door in a hurricane within a few days.<br />
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However, things did finally move on, and the whole Hucow/lactation fetish plot line turned out to be pretty hot! I *totally* didn't expect it! And *throwing up my freak flag* I totally enjoyed it! <br />
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I really enjoy Kitty Thomas's books and her descriptions of all the wonderfully twisted events throughout this book really did seem to tell a story that I could picture in my head. This story really grew on me. It wasn't a book that I probably would have chosen to read on my own, but was picked for me in a challenge. And I'm really glad it was!<br />
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22369031-cartel">Cartel</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7373567.Lili_St_Germain">Lili St. Germain</a><br />
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My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1355302962">5 of 5 stars</a><br />
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I originally read this in August of 2015, and rated it only 3 stars and no review. Not sure why. I just did this as a "re-read" for a group challenge, and I *LOVED* it!</b><br />
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Writing: ★★★★★<br />
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Characters: ★★★★★<br />
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Cartel is the first book in the Cartel Trilogy, and it starts off the series with a bang! It's dark and gritty and Lili does the one thing I love the most with her books. She builds the sex scenes, (which, by the way are HOT!), *into* the story and not the other way around. The sex is well timed, and doesn't overwhelm the story.<br />
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There are several characters in this story some I liked some I hated and wanted to grab them from my Kindle and throat punch them. Everyone is twisted and crazy!<br />
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Emilio is the leader of the El Sangue Cartel, and he doesn't take losing a large shipment of cocaine very well. But taking Mariana will ease the pain of it... he can sell her into sexual slavery and recoup some of his loss. Emilio deals in drugs, guns, and human trafficking, and Mariana is his new target.<br />
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Dornan is Emilio's son and the VP of the Gypsy Brothers Motorcycle Club, and his reputation precedes him as a man even more lethal than Emilio, if that's even possible.<br />
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Dornan sees Mariana and he immediately wants to help her. He is *compelled* to help her. But he can't let his father see that weakness in him. He *does* help Mariana, he saves her from being sold by telling his father about her ability to cook the books, hence turning Mariana into "The Accountant" for the El Sangue Cartel and the Gypsy Brothers. .<br />
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Unfortunately, at this point, he doesn't see that any such person has come along. And Dornan, in order to keep Mariana safe, has to endure under the thumb of his suffocating father. <br />
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John is the character i fell in love with from the beginning, he's Dornan's best friend and President of the Gypsy Brothers. It's in title only (for both of them) since they flipped a coin to see who would be President and VP. They wanted the Gypsy Brothers to be a club that traveled the roads, and had each other's backs, not a gang. But when Dornan's girlfriend got pregnant and John's younger sister needed cancer treatments that were beyond his read financially, and Emilio caught up to them... the "club" officially became a "gang".<br />
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The darkness of these characters, even John, kept me turning the pages, walking through the house with my Kindle and anxious to see what was going to happen next.<br />
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I'm looking forward the the rest of this series, to see who does what to whom. This series is somewhat of a prequel to the <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/118836-gypsy-brothers" rel="nofollow">Gypsy Brothers</a> series showing us what shapes the characters to become who they are. <br />
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While Dornan isn't a warm and fuzzy character by any means, I hear he is much worse in the other series. So for me, it's interesting to read this series first before reading the other, even though I don't think that's how it was intended.<br />
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<b>Writing: ★★★★</b><br />
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I realize this is a novella, and a lead into a series... but.. damn, the characters moved fast in this story. The instant "love" was a bit unrealistic to me.<br />
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They meet via email while Allie, who is a child of the foster system and employee of the Department of Children's Services is trying to secure a contractor to build a place where kids can congregate in a safe and fun environment. <br />
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I didn't really connect with the characters in this short story. However, looking at the ratings on the rest of the series, I think I'm going to continue, or at least see how <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26136026.Maverick__Satan_s_Fury_MC___1_" rel="nofollow" title="Maverick (Satan's Fury MC, #1) by L. Wilder">Maverick</a> turnes out.<br />
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A dark and at times creepy, sinister, and extremely twisted story! And in typical Stevie J. Cole fashion she completely blew my mind!<br />
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<b>Edwin Mercer</b> is a New York Times bestselling author of dark horror, all of his books have had great reviews and sold well, until his last book, which got some pretty bad reviews. So on his newest book he's looking for someone to co-author with. And by the way, he's also a serial killer. <br />
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Enter <b>Miranda Cross</b>, a young up and coming author, whose idol is Edwin Mercer, she, along with thousands of others, sent Edwin a short story to read and review. And of course she won.. wouldn't have been much of a story if she hadn't, right?<br />
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From the first day she met Edwin, she had bad feelings about him, just that something was off... and he was angry, and took his rage out on everything, and everyone, around him, including Miranda.<br />
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This book took everything I just read and turned it completely upside down in the most startling way possible! I wanted to gently lay my Kindle down and run far, far away! I loved it! <br />
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This is a total MUST READ if you love Stevie J. Cole and her dark and twisted mind! <br />
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I would have enjoyed knowing a bit more about Jax, a bit more about his background, but the book was complete without it. This book is a stand alone.<br />
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<b>Writing: ★★★★★</b><br />
<b>Story: ★★★★★</b><br />
<b>Characters: ★★★★★</b><br />
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<b>If I could give this book 10 Stars, I would! </b><br />
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Ker Dukey is one of my favorite dark and twisted authors. She nails it everytime and this time is no exception. <br />
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I was looking forward to this book, couldn't wait to get my hot little Kindle wrapped around it! And when I woke up and it was on my Kindle, I was like...<br />
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Then while I was reading it and I was like...<br />
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This book kept me totally engaged! Loved every page, and turned them quickly! Every character had it's place and was placed well within the story and kept me connected.<br />
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<b>"Everyone knows I was abducted with my sister when I was fourteen and I somehow managed to escape when I was eighteen, leaving my then thirteen-year-old sister behind."</b><br />
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Jade Phillips and her sister Macy were taken by "Benny" (Benjamin), who is a complete psychopath! He takes the girls and keeps them in separate cells, and dresses them up like dolls.<br />
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Macy isn't perfect anymore, not after Benny scars her face, but Jade is, Jade is his perfect <i>Dirty Little Doll</i>, and he uses her sexually. Jade is mouthy, she doesn't just give in to Benny, which earns her almost daily beatings. <br />
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Finally she has the opportunity to escape after four years, but in order to do so, she must leave her sister, Macy, behind. She runs, with the intent of getting help and sending them back to get Macy. But in running, she has a terrible accident, and spends time in a drug induced coma.<br />
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Once she wakes up she tries to tell the police where she and Macy were held, to no avail. They can't find the cabin.<br />
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Pick up the story eight years later and Jade is now a detective, and every spare moment is spent looking for Macy, and living with her childhood, next door neighbor, Bo. Bo *tries* to understand what Jade has been through, but he really doesn't, what he gives her is more like pity. I liked Bo, but didn't feel like he was the one for Jade.<br />
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Dillon is Jade's partner on the police force. Now *him* I like. He's no nonsense, and he doesn't give her pity, he just accepts and respects her for the strong woman she's become over the last 8 years since she escaped. He becomes her rock.<br />
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The one thing I didn't care for much for, and didn't expect, was the <b>MAJOR</b> cliffhanger.<br />
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My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1733585045">4 of 5 stars</a><br />
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<b>Writing: ★★★</b><br />
<b>Story: ★★★★</b><br />
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It's taken me some time to sit down and decide how to review this book. Did I love it? Did I hated it?<br />
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For most of the book I was kinda like...<br />
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The cell.. it was deliciously dark, the story took some nice twists... but then, the questions. Oh so many questions!<br />
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♦ Who was Breath?<br />
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I was really into the book at this point, but there were a few sticking points for me.<br />
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The amount of sex they had in the cell. Really? Your life is on the line in the most horrific way, and all you're thinking about is sex?<br />
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And one line that made me roll my eyes....<br />
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<b><em>"I would kill for a popsicle and a fluffy pillow right now, I said" </em>-Kyle</b><br />
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That was the dumbest thing that could have ever been said at that point. <br />
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Okay, so there could be somewhat of an explanation... but it all depends on which version of the story you're willing to believe.<br />
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But even at that I was really into the book right up to the end. That ending pissed me off. This books says "standalone".. that is not the ending for a "standalone" book. Too much was left open ended, and obviously from my review, lots and lots of questions unanswered. <br />
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Would I read the next book if this were to become a series? Possibly. As long as I knew there would actually be an ending!<br />
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I have revised my rating, bumping it from 3.3 Stars to 3.6 Stars only because after getting into this review, and after calming down for a few days, I realized that the saving grace was that I *did* enjoy the middle(ish) part of the book.<br />
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