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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Playing for Keeps (Unshakable, #1) in Books

Jan 11, 2021  
Playing for Keeps (Unshakable, #1)
Playing for Keeps (Unshakable, #1)
Lexi Ander | 2013
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I like to read a menage book every so often, be it m/m/m or m/m/f, but I find it sometimes very confusing to keep up with who's who and who's doing what with all the names the author's have to use so you can picture it.

Despite that, I did like all of these guys individually and I liked the commitment they all had to each other. They were in love with each other and you could tell.

I must admit, though, that I like to read the relationship happen and I didn't get to do that in this, but oh well.
  
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Jenny Houle (24 KP) rated The Forgotten Girls in Books

Jan 13, 2018  
The Forgotten Girls
The Forgotten Girls
Owen Laukkanen | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
9
9.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Received an ARC from First To Read for an honest review:

First, I like many others it seems, did not know from the blurb that it was book 6 in a series. That scared me just a tiny bit when I started it, but as I read the book I realized it definitely also works as a standalone.

Second, I'm not big on crime novels that are not of the "cozy mystery" variety. That being said, the more violent scenes in this book were not...bothersome. It worked it's way up in intensity, but there was nothing that forced me to step away from the book and take a breather.

That being said, though, the book was full of amazing scenes beautifully described that you couldn't, as a reader, NOT picture, even if you didn't want to. Lines like: "Even the sky seemed static, just a blank wall, a paint swatch, 'chronic depression gray'." were scattered throughout, and they place you in the wintry, desolate, desperate situation of the characters so that you are right beside them, experiencing what they are, for better or worse.

Overall, I really enjoyed the book, even though the content was not a topic of my normal choosing (sorry, serial killers hunting women freak me out).

Extra bonus for the techy geek stuff I didn't know about the "cloud" that I had to double check with the more "techno-advanced" member of our household about. Definitely makes me think twice about the idea of even donating a used phone.