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 The Department of Sensitive Crimes (Detective Varg #1)
The Department of Sensitive Crimes (Detective Varg #1)
Alexander McCall Smith | 2019 | Fiction & Poetry, Mystery
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6.5 (2 Ratings)
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This is the first novel in the Detective Varg series by McCall Smith. It's lighthearted (as much as a mystery novel can be), and the polar-opposite of nordic noir. The novel is written as a series of short stories, and it was a very quick read. Half of me thinks that this was written purely as a satire of nordic noir, without grisly deaths and violence against women.
I received this book from the Penguin First to Read program (RIP).
  
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Just a Bit Wrong (Straight Guys #4)
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8.0 (1 Ratings)
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I do enjoy this series and how it intertwines characters from one book to the next but at the same time, surely not everyone is gay? Why not say Zach's brother, Ryan's, friend with someone completely different. Because it is really turning into one big gay extended family. Not that i really mind but it's getting a bit much now.

I'm sure I'll get back to this series and Ryan and Jamie's story at some point but i need a break.
  
Sire (Beautiful Monsters, #2)
Sire (Beautiful Monsters, #2)
Jex Lane | 2016
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
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Holy shite!

This series has me gripped so bad. I need to know what the f*#$ is going to happen next with Matthew and Tarrick and Sam and the rest of them. Please don't take too long in writing the next book in the series Jex, because I need to know so badly.

As much as I liked Devak, I'm still kinda hoping for a Tarrick/Matthew reunion. The chemistry, whether it's all incubus related or not is just so... heated.
  
Rock the Beat (Black Falcon, #3)
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8.0 (1 Ratings)
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Liked this

Its been a few years since I read books 1, 1.5 and 2 in this series so I wasn't sure if I'd be able to get into it but I did. I enjoyed reading more of the Black Falcons members romances. I liked Trip and Holly and the storyline was different to a lot of other rock star books.

It would be nice to finish the series with Tyke's book to see who manages to capture his attention and heart.
  
Sink (Cold Mark Saga #2)
Sink (Cold Mark Saga #2)
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7.0 (1 Ratings)
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3.5 stars.

I'm undecided on whether I liked this one as much as the last, but I don't think I did.]

I was still caught up in the story and everything but it didn't go where I expected it to and now I can't help wondering what the end game of the series will be. Who is she going to end up with in the end?<br/><br/>I'll be waiting a bit impatiently for the third book in the series.
  
World After
World After
Susan Ee | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
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8.8 (6 Ratings)
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My one thought right now is: why didnt I fetch the last book with me on holiday?!?

I sped through this so easily and quickly got dragged back into the series despite it being 2 and a half years since I read the first one.

Unfortunately I'm going to have to wait another four or five days till I'm back home to finish the series now and see how everything plays out with Penryn, Raffe, Paige and their crazy mum.
  
This is the first novella I've read in this series and I liked that despite how short it is that we still got to see Gin kicking arse.

Mab's funeral takes place in this and you'd expect it to be a rather sedate affair, right? WRONG! Two attacks in such a short story and seeing it all happen from three different viewpoints was an interesting angle for it to happen.

I'm expecting good things from the next book in the series now.
  
Eternity (David de Morrissey, #4)
Eternity (David de Morrissey, #4)
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6.0 (1 Ratings)
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As mentioned in my review of the third book in this series, its been a long time between books 1 and 2 and books 3 and 4 and my tastes have changed/improved in the years between.

I'm sure if I'd have read these books in the 90's I would have loved them but the series is almost older than me (26) so terms like vampiress seem really outdated.

Nevertheless, I do like that everyone got what they wanted in the end.