Scorch (Homecoming Hearts #1)
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At twenty-three, bad boy Blake is facing what most don't see until decades later: the end of his...
5 stars male/male romance crime/thriller too stinking cute personal reads 2018
The Asylum (The Vampire Diaries: Stefan's Diaries #5)
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The fifth book in the New York Times bestselling series by L.J. Smith. The Asylum is the fifth book...
The Compelled (The Vampire Diaries: Stefan's Diaries #6)
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The sixth book in the New York Times bestselling series by L.J. Smith. The Compelled is the sixth...
Hollywood U: Rising Stars
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THE HOTTEST NEW STAR IN HOLLYWOOD IS... YOU! Congratulations! You’ve just been accepted to...
The Ultimate Droodles Compendium
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Before the inspired nonsense of Monty Python, David Letterman and the Far Side, there were Droodles....
Merissa (11950 KP) rated The Wrangler and the Orphan (Farthingdale Ranch #4) in Books
Oct 26, 2021 (Updated Jul 12, 2023)
Brody has been the strong, silent one up until now, turning Clay down when he came onto him. He kept himself to himself, preferring the company of the horses. Now we find out why. He had a horrific childhood himself and was rescued (quite literally) by Quint. This means he is able to understand fully where Kit is coming from and knows exactly how he feels.
This is slow-burn, with a couple of steamy moments, but the focus is on their relationship, and the changes Kit goes through as he finds somewhere so completely different to what he has known, he thinks it's like a TV show.
Although Brody has his own scars, both internal and external, Kit never questions them or Brody's past, and I really wish he had. No, they weren't the same, but I do think it would have helped.
This was a great addition to the series that I read in one sitting, so do I recommend it? You betcha!
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Oct 26, 2021
Kyera (8 KP) rated There's Someone In Your House in Books
Feb 1, 2018
One of the toughest things in a book versus a visual story when building suspense is that everything needs to be laid out for the reader. You can't just expect the reader to notice an out of place egg timer as they might when watching a tv show, you need to expressly tell your reader that it keeps moving to strange locations. I feel like this could have been executed more smoothly in the book, but as I am not an experienced thriller writer (nor reader), I don't feel I have enough knowledge to know for sure. It just seemed like the author tended to tell, rather than show throughout the narrative. The clues and scares were shoved in your face, rather than letting the creep factor build on its own.
A lot of readers have mentioned knowing "whodunnit" the moment that character appeared on the page, but I did not have that same experience. I felt that there was enough misdirection thrown your way and too-obvious clues pointing to certain characters that it was able to remain a mystery for a while. The only problem I had with the reveal is that it seemed to occur much too early in the book. It seemed to be about halfway into the story and we already knew who the killer was. As this was an incredibly short, easy read that makes the reveal feel premature.
I would be a little hesitant to recommend this book to younger readers or anyone who is squeamish about gory scenes because there were a number of them in the book. In general, she wasn't vividly descriptive but her clinical detachment while describing the scenes might be off-putting to some. Some of the murders are incredibly violent and others are just very stabby.
Phil Leader (619 KP) rated The Midas Code (Tyler Locke #2) in Books
Nov 20, 2019
Jordan Orr is in a race against time to secure this ancient and valuable artifact but he is missing two important pieces - an expert in ancient civilisations and an engineer able to decode centuries old mechanisms. He therefore puts Stacy Benedict, scholar and presenter of a popular TV show on ancient cultures, and Tyler Locke into a situation where they have no choice but to help him. Can Locke outsmart Orr? And does the Midas Touch really exist?
The second of the Tyler Locke thrillers sees Morrison once again explore the theme of an old story and imagining a what if situation of there being some truth to it. He then adds Tyler Locke - ex army engineer, mechanism and explosives expert and Grant Westfield, ex pro-wrestler and ex Army Ranger to the mix. As Benedict, Locke and Westfield move around Europe following the instructions laid down in a codex written Archimedes it seems Orr is always one step ahead of them. Locke must use all of his ingenuity to try to thwart Orr in his plans.
As with his other novels Morrison doesn't let up for one second and he relishes pushing his heroes to the limit. 'Out of the frying pan and into the fire' has nothing on this.
It would be easy to write a thriller of this sort and be sloppy with the details but Morrison is as always well-researched and keen to show off Locke's scientific and engineering credentials and is effortless at making ancient stories seem like they could - just about - be true.
Overall another absolutely brilliant book. Could Morrison be the best thriller writer working today? It's not something I'd discount.
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