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The premise is interesting. The twists are interesting. I found the rest of the book meandered endlessly and I found myself skimming so much of this. I was bored for about 65% of this.

this was... bad

4.5 stars. I love that important topics like abortion, sex, etc. are being written about in YA but I had trouble connecting to the characters because they read so young and I found myself rolling my eyes at certain parts.

I was so set on giving this 5 stars, but I feel like it dragged a bit towards the end and Ian ending up being Jacob's father had me rolling my eyes. I also didn't think Ray's side story with his wife and son was really necessary - I just didn't care about their story at all. Other than that, a really good thriller.

I enjoyed the storyline but didn't really like Gina/Gwen's narration. I also think who the killer is is very obviously very early on. I'll probably continue reading the series. Also why in the hell would you begin a romantic relationship with the woman whose husband killed your sister?

Wild.

3.5 stars. I enjoyed the story but I feel like things wrapped up a little too perfectly in the end. I don't think every single little thing needs to be connected. All the characters and plot points were hard to keep track of at some points, I found myself having to flip back in the book and reread certain parts.

The writing was beautiful and I wanted to love this book, but ultimately I think fantasy just isn't for me.

I wish I could fight Billie Flanagan.

3.5 stars. Short story collections are always difficult to review - there were several stories that were 4/5 stars for me and several that were 1-3 stars. Overall, I would recommend this book!

1.5 stars. I don't even usually write reviews for books but this one made me so mad I just had to come back 2 days after finishing and dish.
Sandra Brown writes as if her readers are idiots and won't remember something she told us just pages earlier. It's like we'll find out on page 20 that someone has tattoos and on page 23 she'll say, “___, with the big tattooed arm that has tattoos on it”. Her dialogue is unnatural and clunky and it makes for a super strange read. I get it's a fiction book but so many things that are said sound nothing like how actual people speak.
The biggest issue I have with this book is Bellamy and Dent's relationship. I see several reviews saying that Dent is their dream bad boy and what 👏🏻 the 👏🏻 fuck 👏🏻. He's a big broody baby who thinks being emotionally disconnected makes him sexy and throws a tantrum every time Bellamy turns him down. Not to mention, he also uses her vague signs of arousal as a reason as to why he shouldn't stop trying to have sex with her even though she repeatedly says no. The fact that they end up together is weird and forced. That may seem like a spoiler but it's not because you can pick up that Brown is going to put them in a relationship on like page 4.
I gave a half star for the twist/finding out the murderer, but even that wasn't done that well. I felt that much more background and story revolving around that would have been more interesting. Overall, it had an interesting premise but it was poorly written, had a shitty romance, and a poorly executed twist. Thanks, I hate it.

bumping from 4 to 5 stars on my second read!

some of these I really connected to but a lot of them felt more like random quotes than poems. I think this “instagram poetry” kind of style really isn't my jam

you can hear mine & Jacqueline's (webebookn) full thoughts on her YT channel!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSAapEm3V6o

ok mrs. haley james scott

3.5 stars
reading 2024 releases: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cijGk6bQas0

I just really cannot get into this. something about the writing is off to me.

I listened to this for about an hour and wowowow I've never been so bored! bye shistar