5 STARS WITH AN ASTERISK *
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Like many of you, it's hard finding both an exciting new character to follow and a new author  Well, I believe I have found both!  Allie is a terrific heroine conjured up by the fertile mind of Sam Sisavath!  I can't say enough about how much I like his writing style.  This is the 3rd book in this series, with more to follow.  I can't wait for the next book.  In my opinion, his writing style reminds me a lot of Lee Child.  I know that's high praise, but I think it's warranted.

My title shows "5 Stars with an asterisk".  The reason for the Asterisk is a scene very close to the end.  The author has Allie do something that I think is against what appeared to the readers she was going to do.  Since what she did was not successful, I'm guessing it was just for future stories.  But, in my opinion, this could have been handled differently.  Just my opinion!  (No spoilers from me.)

Anyway, you should start with the first one, as you will need to know the dynamics of the relationships with the recurring characters.  Enjoy!!
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Like other reviewers have mentioned, it would just be wrong to summarize this story. Never have I read a story before that leaves me speechless for writing this review.  I went in thinking that one of three things was sure to happen by the end, but I am so happy I was wrong, very creative plot....BUT...this can't be the end of Josh and Avery's story, I swear I'll have to throw my kindle in the fireplace if we don't get more and soon! The entire book was great, but wait until you get to the 80% marker and prepare for your jaw to drop. The only reason this is 4.5 and not 5 fabulous stars for me is because a lot of the scene/chapter transitions were abrupt and confusing, so much so that there were a few times that I panicked, thinking I got a faulty download on my kindle and I found myself having to go back and read a couple pages over to make sure I didn't miss a page, or if one scene really moved on to the next as abruptly as it did. This was distracting because in every other respect, this story demands the reader to move forward, read on, not look back. Do not pass this one by, and please, please, please tell me there's more to come with this story!
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I could only give this 5 stars... it's worth a million though
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...let us ding DAS for sending out keyboards with the notorious "squeaky" backspace key.  What began as a minor nuisance grew to be a "keycap puller and lubricant purchase"-inducing and uncompromisingly irritating annoyance.  Rumor has it that this is a common issue with mechanical keyboards.  Caveat emptor.

From the perspective of a Mac user and a first-time mechanical "keyboardist":
The keyboard itself is phenomenal. The key response is sharp, and I am never switching back to working on a membrane keyboard.  Recommended to the utmost.

My only quibble/suggestion:  go ahead and add a keycap puller and non-corrosive lubricant  (google-search the right type) to your cart along with this fantastic keyboard.
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I love everything about these couple. But most of all, why 5 stars?

The writing
The humour and jokes
The relationship (not insta)
The characters
The way the author made this series addictive ...

Yeah!! 5 stars and one to be re read
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As for the book, I found it fascinating and informative.  On a different note, I would like to comment on the "review of reviewers" a certain Wendell J. McGinness Jr. posted elsewhere in this book review column.  Please note, if you will, that Mr. McGinness scathingly derides other reviewers for their grammatical and spelling errors.  Ironically enough, his second sentence reads, "It strains the intelligence of some of us to understand how a company trying to sell books (among many other products) and survive as a net business pioneer, could allow so many uneducated, ignorant, pseudo reviews as I have read."  The comma after the word "pioneer" is completely unnecessary, as any good English professor would confirm.  Mr. McGinness should practice some of what he preaches.  As for everyone else, please do not allow sophomoric and pretentious people to taint your enjoyment of life.
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This charger is spectacular. Really great functionality, added flashlight (for some reason - I've never used it), and really great capacity. I knocked a star down because it's often hard to figure out what exactly is going on with the thing. I have no idea why manufacturers don't move to just a simple LED indicator, or better yet a cheapo LCD screen displaying status, as opposed to this weird lined up bar LED thing they've used here. If that was fixed, this would be a perfect 5 star. As is, I'd give it 4.5, but given the limitations of the Amazon rating system, I'll have to go with a 4 star.
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No, I won't add additional words to the star rating I have given above. It is redundant both to ask for such and to give it.
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I really rate it at 5 stars but I took one star away because they're so short! I want more!
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Thiis s ULTRA Klassic... 

As ABOVE... 5 STARS
So BELOW... 5 STARS. = 10 TEN STARS
EOS
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Only reason I didn't give it a full 5 star is I wish the cut-out were a little deeper
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I erred when marking the rating for this book as well as the expedient delivery.  I meant to give a high rating, but clicked the wrong star.  This source is most deserving of the "5" star rating and I apologize for my error.
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I love this album! Great songs, great production. Can we stop with the minimum word count? Not liking this -
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Stop making me leave comments. 5 stars is enough info
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Too bad there are only 5 stars... because Denise Grover Swank's writing deserves 10 stars or more.  This writer is incredible, and I can see why her #35 got 5 stars in all the reviews.  If all of her other stories in this series are very good, this last one is excellent!.  I started readong this author about three weeks ago and am now eagerly waiting for her # 36 ---  The ending of #35 cannot be discussed here because it will certainly spoil other readers' interest and fun, but it was somewhat being expected.  Of course, the bad thing is that we have to wait for the next one and I, for one, can hardly wait!
Her writing is wonderful, her dialogue is excellent, and the plots deserve more thaqn 10 stars.
This is one of those series that must be read from the beginning (#28), and I can assure you that once you do that you get to #35 in a big hurry - thatr is what happened to me.
I was discussing this book with another friend that is following Rose Gardner too, and she said that she waqs going to write to Denise straight awaqy asking her to please publish #36 immediately or she'd get a warrant to force it --- yes, she is an attorney --- and after a good laugh we both agreed that at this moment Denise Grover Swank rates NUMERO UNO and Amazon has a winner right here.

So... Ms. GROVER sWANK...  what are you waiting for?

So...
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Overall, this is an awesome album.  The only reason I didn't give this five stars is that a few of the songs (one off the top of my head is 'Duke, You Used to be Cool) had a lot of swearing in them and there was no warning, so I got a bit of a surprise.  I don't regret this purchase, and it won't discourage me from any future purchases, but I really would've appreciated a heads up about it.