I like it for the most part but it wasn't my favorite
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The Characters

Frankee: 21 years old, graduated college in 3 years with an Fine Arts degree. She had a crush on Porter since she was 16. She has two little brothers and two lovely parents that are still together. She planned to work in Lovibond Brewery for the Summer and then goes to live in Austin with her two bestfriends.

Porter: 30 years old, you saw him in the first two books of the series. Owned the Lovibond Brewery. He still has his two parents, also have a brother and a sister and a couple of nephews (I loved them they were so funny when they tried to scared people in their bedroom, at night ).

The Story

Porter and Frankee knew each other a few years ago because Frankees father works for Lovibond Brewery for 5 years now. The last time they met was 3 years ago before Frankee went to college. Fastforward 3 years, Porter is looking for a summer intern for a full time graphic design and marketing position for the brewery. Frankee went to the interview but Porter didn't immediately recognize her until she made him guess who she was. He took her as the intern after the interview (and after saying she was beautiful and had a look on her cleavage). So they start working together and each morning Porter is bringing her coffee, he is offering her some gifts until after some times they decided to be together without putting a label on it.

My Thoughts

I hate writing review when I didn't like the book 100%. I know authors take a long time and a lot of efforts to write a book so it pains me to write negative thoughts about a book. But you can always love a book right? Even when you thougts it would be good, sometimes you are just disappointed and its okay.

Anyway, Porter can be read as a standalone I guess. But honestly, I read the first 2 books last year and I feel like I was missing something and I wished I had to time to re-read the first 2 books to maybe enjoy more this one. Its not that I hated the book, I enjoy it until the 65-ish% mark.

The first 65% I liked them. I liked the story, I liked the fact that they had only 3 months together even if you knew that at the end they will end together. I liked the promise of them working together and that Frankee was the daughter of one of Porters employee. I guess the story could have stay on this road and I would have enjoyed it a lot more.

But then at 65% troubles came and I am talking about big, annoying, clichd troubles. And I hated it. I disliked how the story turned out, disliked how it seems easy for Frankee to accept it but most of all I hated how they treated the new characters. Yes she was crazy but I think all the name calling and Porters coldness could have been a little less apparent. I don't know, I might not have been in the mood and if I read this book another day it would have been ok and I am sure a lot of people would love it but the last 35% wasn't for me at all. Its what made me dislike the book and I had a hard time liking the characters so it didn't help either.

Anyway, I love Georgia Cates writing so I will definitely read her other new releases. I cant love all of the books from an author, I know that even if it makes me sad. And I guess I am growing up in my books taste. Maybe its the fact that I opened a blog to review my thoughts on books that makes me be more complicated and demanding. I don't know, it is what it is.

Cover:  4   Enjoyment:  3.5 
Writing:  4   Characters: 3  
Plot:  3   Pairing: 3  

  Average: 3.3
4734358
I don't know what to say I guess it was good but I'm not so fond of it still works for me.
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3.5 stars

This was a tough one for me to rate because I really liked it for the first 60% and did still like for the remainder just not as much. At one point I felt like the story was all about what food Hayley was preparing for the boys which was cuate and all just a little too much for me. Then I felt the story reached a point where it dragged a tiny bit and then at the 90% mark it took a turn that creeped me out a bit. I mean I guess I knew something along that line was going to happen but since I was so invested in the characters by then that it hurt me to read what Hayley had to go through. I would charactorize this as a suspense/thriller kind of romance. Honestly overall I did enjoy this story especially the lines thrown back and forth between the friends, it was quite comical. And I ended up falling in love with Tex's character so I will definitely be checking out his book!
4493730
This wasn't too bad, but not a favorite. I did enjoy reading. Even if it did take me a little longer than usual.
Has some great parts as well as some I wasn't very interested in.
The characters were good.
I do look forward to reading more of this series
1009909
I bought all six books in the Hyborean Dragons series based on my enjoyment reading Mr. Larson's Haven Series. That being said, this story was not one of  my favorites. I am still committed to reading the rest and suspect that things will pickup for me.

Although this novella and the series overall is darker in tone than some of his other novels; for me, it just came down to not being able to really care for the two main characters that much ( I liked Gruum more so than Therian). I also found it difficult to get too caught up in the overall story. I think for me this is primarily due to the novella approach and not being able to give each character and the story enough time to develop. It felt a little rushed and disjointed to me.  Mr. Larson did spell out to his readers from the get go what to expect from a novella. I appreciate that, but it didn't take away the overall lack of interest I had following Therian on his exploits.

The book was still good, so I do look forward to reading the next books in the series.

Jeff
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3036576
For some reason I really liked it but not as much as the others although I am looking forward to the fifth
1948631
There were some questionable parts I wasn't fond of but overall I really enjoyed it.
1981778
It may be a classic, but it's not my favorite story.
2693694
I liked this book but I didn't love it like everyone else.  It was on a list to be a really funny romance but I didn't think it was that funny.
2569343
Of all of the books in this series, I think this was my least favorite. I still enjoyed it but the romance just didn't work as well for me. I got that Byrd, Noah's dragon loved Kara, but Noah's part in the romance felt a little rushed.
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Dissonance is quite a study in mixed feelings for me. I liked the concept of Walkers & Echoes a whole lot, and didn't get too confused over the terms introduced. I also liked the characters as individuals, though the romance and I didn't hit it off. With a combination of things that worked and didnt, Dissonance falls somewhere in the middle on the rating scale.

Here are the things I liked about Dissonance:

The concept: The idea of Echoes & Walkers, and all the other things that meant was absolutely fascinating. It was the biggest reason I couldn't set down the novel, as I rose to the challenge of trying to understand this world. While there are still a few things that aren't too clear, I think I had the general concepts down pretty well. Plus, to me, the descriptions of how the Walkers moved among Echoes just had a distinctly musical spin to them.

The characters: Honestly, as individuals, the characters were pretty good. Im mostly focused on Delancy, her sister Addie, her grandfather Monty, her best friend Elliot & of course, her crush Simon. Each of these characters had a pretty solid profile, and I appreciated getting to know them over the course of the novel.

Here is the thing that I was okay with in Dissonance:

The story: In the end, it worked out okay, as I did start finding it thrilling when the stakes got higher. However, the beginning was kind of convenient? It also read a bit clunky. I was also not a super big fan of the repetition that occurred in the plot for most of the middle, even though I suppose it makes sense in context.

Here are the things I wasn't so fond of in Dissonance:

The characters: I still do kind of wish that the Council and Delancys parents had come into more focus in this story. I get that they were busy handling some big deal occurrence, but still, it would have been nice to have them more involved and less abstract.

The romance: If theres one complaint I had, it was this. I just couldn't get behind the romance 100%. I mean, I could understand the attraction between Delancy & Simon, sure. But it kind of confused me, and slightly freaked me out that she was visiting the Echoes of him, and falling for him via them.

There you have it, my quick rundown of thoughts on Dissonance! While I mostly liked it, there were definitely things that didn't resonate well at all. Im still undecided as to whether I want to continue reading the series, so that should give you an idea of how mixed my feelings are about it. If you think the concept sounds at all intriguing, and you won't mind a romance thats a bit odd, then you should certainly give Dissonance a shot.
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I enjoyed the characters and their interaction with each other, but I found it to be a bit slow at times.
2571664
It took me awhile to get use to the way it's written but other than that I love the storyline and was rooting for the heroines
1166493
I read many books and I don't have a favorite genre. I decided to buy this book, which for me it was pretty pricey because I am used to trying out free books or buying books under $5, but with so many positive reviews I wanted to find out what was the husband's secret. The book started off really interesting for me, it got kind of slow in the middle. I hate to say it but this was not my favorite book and if I had a choice I would not buy it again. The writing is really good, the concept of the issues experienced by the characters is interesting but for me it was not a page turner. It is not the kind of book that you will remember next week or want to re-read just for fun. The most exciting part of the book for me was the short sort of epilogue at the end.
4296564
I have mixed feelings on this book. The back and forth is a little confusing. The main character is a bit too naive. I did enjoy it for the most part.
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I just love this series and am so excited when a new one comes out but this one didn't work as well for me.  I still enjoyed and devoured it,  but it wasn't as engaging for me somehow.  Victor felt more subdued somehow,  the connection between him and Jacob less sizzling.  I don't know why,  and I'm definitely a fan,  but while the other books were 5 star all the way,  this felt like a 4 star book to me.  I'm still looking forward to the next installment,  I just want a little less about spooky organizations and a little more just problem solving.  I guess this book felt very insular and I liked seeing how the boys interacted with the world as well as their psy talents, and this was almost completely set in Federal Psychic Monitoring Program,  which doesn't interest me as much.
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I thought the book was well-written; it just wasn't completely to my taste.  I'm not a big fan of stories that use jumping back & forth between times to further the suspense of the plot, which is what this book did.  I also found it irritating that the hero felt he had to go it alone even after repeatedly being outsmarted by the villians.  Like I said, not completely to my taste, but others could certainly find it to theirs.