Just Ok ****SPOILERS****
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I really wanted to like this book as it was suggested by a friend. I understand the concept but felt it dragged on and on. I read the entire thing in hopes that at some point I would understand what I was reading. I can only give it two stars because it just didn't make sense.
A 14 year old boy freaks out over an article about global warming written 20+ years prior by his father and runs away. But not just anywhere he decided to hide out in a forest alone. Pages and pages dedicated to long boring search of this child only to find he is communicating via timed emails from a computer hidden in his closet wall. The overly detailed search and facts about the area bog it down! Honestly wouldn't recommend this book. I found it boring.
932467
It took me a long time to like Harrison, but he grew on me, and I ended up feeling sorry for him. He really was a tortured soul and did deserve to be happy in the end. I do think it was quite a stretch, though, for him to go from hating bikers with a passion to wanting to join a biker club. I didn't believe that one at all.

Then there was Eva... She just sent me mixed signals throughout the entire book, her character was not consistent at all, and the changes were too abrupt to be believable. She was upset about Harrison not liking her brother very much, but not enough to call him out on it. She was mad at him for causing, in a way, Jade's miscarriage, but not enough to stay away from him. She told him to call her when he knew what he wanted in life, he didn't change much, but she took him back anyway. Then she ends up being kidnapped and brutalized, and, after being rescued, she is upset about it for like a day. She is ok with sleeping with Harrison, even though I would think someone that had gone through what she had gone through would've had a harder time with it, and might've needed some pretty solid therapy afterwards. She is mad at her father for basically selling her out, but then she gets over it, because oh well, he didn't really mean it like that.

And the ending...It is 3 months after the gruesome incidents on the island. She is pregnant. But whose baby is it???? Was she already pregnant when she got raped by Nolan? I wanna say yes, because she's already feeling the baby kicking, and at 3 months there's not much action there, trust me, so she's got to be farther along, right?. Or did she get pregnant by Nolan? One way or another, I wanted to know. I got no closure at all, and it made me mad. I am looking forward to the last book in the series though. I was really hoping for a Razor/Lexi thing happening, even though Lexi did get on my nerves before:)
2541013
I liked the book, I didn't love it. I thought it was pretty predictable. I am getting tired of the story of the female lead getting kidnapped by the criminal and the love interest saving her. I thought it got a bit wordy and drawn out at times, yet didn't focus enough on the "whys" of the killer. The characters were likable. Also, did I miss who the "bad guy"of the department was? I know the guy ended up being related to the killer, but how did he cover things up? I think most of it was pretty far fetched.
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I love Noah! Since Heartbreaker I've been waiting to see what his story would be. I had problem with who she put him with, but I was despointed that it was so drawn out, and the plot wasn't all that thrilling. Really thought it would be more adventurous I guess. I was also  excited about learning about Jordan character, but was let down a bit. It seems like she didn't have a clue what to write and the deadline was close so she slapped something together.
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I thought this book was ok. For me it took over halfway before it really got interesting. Because it is the 4th in the series and I don't think I have read any of the previous books, I didn't really understand the personal nature between Pru and Simon and how they didn't know each other growing up until they were much older. I also don't know a lot about Pru and Christopher's marriage/relationship and if previous books gave more details.

I will say that I didn't suspect the killer until the very end and then it made a lot of sense.
3591018
The book was ok and It was very predictable.
I have read other books in this series, but this book is not one of my favorites.
3169980
This arc ends with a lame reveal and everyone just kinda of wanders off. The mages of the world just aren't being drained anymore for reasons, and they let the six go right beforehand final ballet for the sake of the world. The six here I just don't buy. They talk about fighting to the death to save their friend, but none of them really seem to hAve the kind of bond they are claiming to have. Oh, and superman is here, doesn't do much, and is just there to show how cool the six are I suppose.
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(Spoilers?) The story was okay. The characters were a little bit clich&eacute; though. What bothered me was they just mentioned Alan Brown, nothing happened with him though. It was like, "hey, here's an obstacle that we'll mention but not do anything about." Don't get me wrong, the sex scenes were pretty hot but I like a good storyline too. I thought the climax would be more eventful too. It was just okay.
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Warning: The only valid way to review this book is using spoilers!
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After staying up half the night to read this so eagerly anticipated book 10, I admit I finished feeling dissatisfied on two points:

1) Sookie & Eric's admissions of love were so anti-climatic, they could have delivered by Pam while painting her long nails. I don't know if Harris wanted us to believe that the words weren't really all that important as the feelings were so obvious in Book 9, or whether she wants to call into question their love itself. Niall's last words are definitely about Eric, it's made crystal clear in this book, he LOVES Sookie. He's no longer playing mind games with her NOR protecting himself from hurt. No less an expert than Pam assures us he's so head over heels for Sookie, for the first time in centuries he's not being practical, not watching "their" backs but caring for another more than ambition and his own back. THAT was the most telling scene of all with Pam worrying Eric may sacrifice ALL to save/protect Sookie.

While Sookie "says" she loves Eric, I didn't FEEL her emotional connection a lot with him. She's back to her old crutch it's the blood bond... despite it gets weakened AND she still races to his side. Harris strikes me as pulling back now and making Sookie the one we're unsure about love here, a real flip IMO to the earlier books where Eric's game playing often left her unsure of him. Now he feels unsure of his wife.

I hope Amelia does find a way to break the blood bond and really have Sookie face head-on her fear of admitting how much she dearly loves Eric.

2) Eric's real creator. What a total letdown this plot turned out to be. First time ever I feel Alan Ball's Trueblood did better job than Charlaine Harris. But indeed his Godric/Eric story was far superior to Eric/Appius. I welcomed insights into Eric's fear and distaste of helplessness but I never really learned nor believed he ever grew to really love his maker like he said. He was a soul-less creature with no depth and Eric in contrast is soooooooo deep and complex a character. VERY VERY disappointing!

Overall I gave it 3 stars b/c there are some pluses like resolution and hope for Bill, Sookie & Eric sexiness (I found Harris far more detailed in her sex scenes than she had been before actually contrary to other reviewers), Hunter (LOVED him!) and THE FAERY developments in Sookie's life continue to surprise me!
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SPOILERS!!!

I thought it was well-written book (despite the protests for more punctuation) that could have been SO much more. I'm fairly imaginative but I still couldn't wrap my head around "what happened" to the brother... I mean what REALLY happened to the brother. If the brother was, in fact, (SPOILER) missing, and the mother just made up stories about where he'd been... what?! Why didn't they look for him? Did he kill himself? Or we expected to believe LITERALLY what happened to him? She's eluding to something here that is just too vague and strange. (And if I'm not mistaken there is a scene that supposedly took place "two weeks later" which couldn't have taken place based on the rest of the story - seems like an editing mistake or I was just too lost by this point.) I get "magical realism" to a point. This because something different - something head-scratching and strange.

I was lost on so many levels with the characters and their motivations - example - (SPOILER!) why would the mother carry on the affair for so long? Why would the father do nothing about it (except bring her tea outside her door)? Why is everyone in this book just sort of wandering around?

I didn't know the characters, didn't know their motivations, and didn't care by the end. I'm sure this will be blamed on my shortcomings, but I ultimately didn't enjoy it and don't recommend it.
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I have a hard time of immediate love at first sight. SPOILERS: When Sloan sees her she is working as a caterer. I just find it laughable as wealthy and together he is....that he looks at the hired help. Having said that it just drags alot. I like he teachers her defense. It is just predictable. I can even like predictable but the characters to me just don't jump off the pages. I like Drake and the side story,but again I skimmed places to get through.
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While I enjoyed revisiting the other couples on Gansett Island, I have to say I was disappointed in the primary romance of Grace and Evan since there wasn't enough time spent on them. Just one night makes Evan reevaluate his entire life and change his demeanor? It was just felt unbelievable and rushed. Hope the next book spends more time on the couple and less on the secondary characters.
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Not as good as her other novels. The plot sort fell apart at the end, being cut off by the sex scenes and the navel gazing. Yes, yes, I know that the two characters desperately love each other, but can't see how they can be together due to their issues! But, can we confront the villain already and get on with it?

Felt a little redundant in places, and I felt that enough time was given to the unraveling of the puzzle/problem, while far too much time was given to the characters lust for each other.
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First off I want to start off by saying that this was an ok book to me. I personally would refer to the life of Yarni (the main character) as a game. There where times when I felt she straight up played herself (i.e when her and Bengee got pulled over and the police tried to say they found a weapon on Bengee so Yarni took the wrap for him so he would go to jail. Ohhhh No, I don't know how she could jeporodize her freedom for someone else and she knew would not do the same for her. Then when she got kidnapped and Bengee would not help out but yet when he died, she paid for the funeral and everything, heck no that wouldn't have been me)(I'm sorry if I'm telling to much of the story for those people who haven't read it yet but I had to get my point across.) Now in some cases I think Yarni was a straight up PLAYER she used the negative motives of a man she messed with to her advantage by milking him of all the loot he had. The bottomline is I thnk Yarni is a gold-diggin, no loyalty having (how she cheated on Des I know she's human but come on now something's got to give, you either gon' be with the brotha or not) wynch (I know that may sound harsh but hey,it's my opnion)
Overall this book was pretty good, it dragged in some parts but it kept you wondering if Yarni and Des were going to get back together.
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This was just OK for me. Especially when compared to this author's previous (awesome!) books. I felt it was just getting started, and it ended.
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This book was okay. The love triangle got annoying and I feel that Evie's character has regressed. I think after Evie gives birth maybe Jack and Aric will wake up and realize that they should be together and raise the baby. Just kidding...kind of.

Hoping all turns out right in the end. I can only hope that my faith in Cole is deserved.
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Not the best in this series. SPOILERS******Vivian who is so mature and calm in the rest of the series acts like a petulant child through most of this book. Her reasoning in being angry for being shot the night she was a child dosent even make sense and the way she behaves toward Nickola is ridiculous. I also got tired of him letting her be hateful and push him around out of guilt. Overall not what i was hoping for in their story and this book kinda left me hating Vivian. The whole wedding night fiasco had me almost just not finishing this one. It seemed like just another mad up reason for them to be upset with each other by te author...if they had been lusting after each other for that long they would have worked that out immediately....over all just so so.