Tami

And this was so so good.

It nearly reaches the "Kate Daniels" level for me.

I love Nevada, her family, the whole dynamic of who she is and why.

And of course her Connor.

The story had a good flow, the world-building interesting.

It was "alien" enough to not feel like a green coloured human society.

The romance part was a bit too much "drawn/mated" themed for my taste. But it worked out in the end.

This had really brilliant parts. And a lot of boring stuff.

All written very well, but it was a very long read. And it felt that way.

What also didn't help was the different layers of the story, Grace's own story would have been fascinating enough without Dr. Jordan's life story etc. - it nearly felt like a totally different and remote story. 

The end felt abrupt and kind of disappointing - it felt like a long climb and then no view...

I guess it was clear from the beginning that there would be no conclusion as this is an unsolved crime in real life. Maybe my expectations were too high.

But I felt dissatisfied after finishing it.

This was a really nice short read, for fans of the series.

It was all in the story - a bit of heartbreak for the realism in the christmas past.

And a bit of a christmas miracle :)

It felt a bit repetitive. Not sure about two further books - I truly hope the author will develop a bit more of the story.

And finally around 80% some sexy action.

This was really slow burn - they only do the deed after 1.80 books in...

And it wasn't all that.

A bit of a disappointment to be honest.

The protag and her voice are still the best thing for me about this.

Not sure I will continue the series though.

It was clear from the beginning who the culprit would be in the crime part of the plot.

So obvious that I thought it was a red herring...

The mystery/fantasy part about the protag's paranormal ability was well done.

The romance part was sweet, but a bit too good to be true.

I had the feeling that the author can really write, but the story just wasn't that fantastic. Hopefully some of her other books will have both elements.

Her voice was fun.

That was the best part of the book.

The rest was meh.

It was supposed to be "reverse harem". But there was no action whatsoever (a few tame kisses and so on). The "romance" part was therefore not interesting to me.

But the protag was fun enough for me to check out part 2 (spoiler alert: I am 50% in and still no "action"...).

But it felt way too short.

This could have been really good, but it didn't have enough flesh to be a real story.

I liked this world-building, the differenct fractions and the ancient history of the desolate ship in the sky.

The romance part was ok too, but to be honest the SciFi Alien part was much better.

The Aliens were really foreign, the author did a quite good job in inventing a very different society.

I didn't expect to pity Jay Gatsby. But that is what I felt.

I never saw any of the movies, so I had the totally wrong expectation.

I really detested Daisy. She deserved Tom. They deserved each other.

But Jay Gatsby did not deserve what came to him.

A great story. About infatuation, a romantic heart and the cold pragmatism that rich little girl Daisy showed in this story.

I liked the narrator for his loyalty till the end although I didn't really understand his own romantic endeavours.

I liked the characters, the slow burn, the tension between both main characters. This was done really well. There was enough honest conversation to make the falling for each other believable and interesting.

It was entertaining and enjoyable.

The only reason I deduct half a star is for the unoriginal reporter/journalist story line.

And like nearly always I disliked this part of the character.

I do not understand where this "the public has a right to know" stuff comes from - especially if it is about exposing regular non-celebrity non-public people. I find it not only an invalid argument, as the public has no stakes in that concrete situation anyway, I also simply hate the trope as a whole. And also this whole "honour of a journalist" thing is quite strange for an intern in a small local newspaper.

This was part of my real life book club.

And it was depressing. A very good book, a horrifying dystopia - especially in the current times.

At least the epilogue gave some hope within this world.

I have read the fantasy space adventures written by this author with great enjoyment.

This book was also a very good story with a likable main character.

The strength of it certainly came from the storytelling.The thrown in romance was unnecessary and didn't add at all to the story imho.

The world-building was solid and had some interesting twists - there was a not so unexpected turn hinted at in regards to the "power level" of the main character, so I am sure there is more development to come.

I really liked the Calgary "mundane world" setting, it gave the story atmosphere and depth.

This was more or less a seemless continuation of The Nothing Girl.

It was a nice read, some really fun banter and great humour, but no original story, just a warm-up of the last drama, the same evil villains, nothing surprising.

So all in all a nice read, but not like the fresh and wonderful read of the first installment.

This was a fun ride - the overall (and very much in your face) topic was "risk something".

All four characters who formed the two couples in the book were bumbling along in their lives and with a little shove changed their live to the better.

I immensely enjoyed the humour - a trademark of this author.

I loved the main character though she was not perfect, she was interesting and a lot of fun.

But my favourite was Aunt Victoria. She was just incredibly cool. I am not 100% sure I love the way the love story played out with her - throwing away her career at this point felt truly stupid to my feminist heart - I would have enjoyed reading an ending where the guy gives up his career to support his woman for once, but that was asking too much obviously...

I nearly DNFed.

This was incredibly boring. I started to dislike the protag as well.

Again: leave the romance out - that is not helping the story! This is not something those authors do well at all.

Brad Madrid's journey for revenge is losing its appeal. It felt lackluster and boring, I skipped a lot in the end and was glad when it was over.