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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
slow-paced
challenging
dark
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder
Minor: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Torture, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail
slow-paced
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Sloan Cooper, a Natural Resources police officer, was shot when she walked into a robbery that was in progress. While on the operating table, Sloan had to be brought back to life. She moved back to her hometown of Heron’s Rest and in with her parents for her long road to recovery.
Nash and his brother, Theo, move to this small Maryland suburb to start the Fix-it Brothers company.
Sloan and Nash become involved. Nash helps Sloan research some people who mysteriously disappear.
I love Nora Roberts and have been reading her for years. I am an MD girl, so I love her MD books even more!
Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martins Publishing Group, and Nora Roberts's team for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.
Nash and his brother, Theo, move to this small Maryland suburb to start the Fix-it Brothers company.
Sloan and Nash become involved. Nash helps Sloan research some people who mysteriously disappear.
I love Nora Roberts and have been reading her for years. I am an MD girl, so I love her MD books even more!
Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martins Publishing Group, and Nora Roberts's team for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
No
Start of book was great with Sloan getting shot twice n her recovery. Could have done without the brothers work renovations. Book just dragged n dragged on. The kidnappers you were told everything no suspense. Didn’t even finish the book. Got to chapter 13 n stopped
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
You, random internet review reader, know and I know that I am a Nora Roberts apologist. I have read very close to all of her books and I’ve liked most of them! I’ll defend her against misogynists until I am blue in the face. So it hurts no one more than me to say that this one is a big miss for me.
Firstly, I wish she’d let go of the notion of cops as romantic leads. Regardless of your personal feelings about cops, I think we can all agree that she’s done enough! Enough cops and enough construction and a book with both is overkill. It reads like Roberts phoned it in.
Secondly, the pacing was bad! It didn’t get interesting until like… 65% of the way through the book. It was slower than my grandmother getting out of a beanbag chair.
Finally, for a couple of years there, it felt like Roberts was trying to *say* something with her novels - the one about the devastating impact of gun violence? That stuck with me (it’s called “Shelter in Place” if you are unfamiliar). I don’t know if she got backlash for that, but for the last couple of years her books have been so blandly inoffensive that it is honestly a little tedious to read.
Firstly, I wish she’d let go of the notion of cops as romantic leads. Regardless of your personal feelings about cops, I think we can all agree that she’s done enough! Enough cops and enough construction and a book with both is overkill. It reads like Roberts phoned it in.
Secondly, the pacing was bad! It didn’t get interesting until like… 65% of the way through the book. It was slower than my grandmother getting out of a beanbag chair.
Finally, for a couple of years there, it felt like Roberts was trying to *say* something with her novels - the one about the devastating impact of gun violence? That stuck with me (it’s called “Shelter in Place” if you are unfamiliar). I don’t know if she got backlash for that, but for the last couple of years her books have been so blandly inoffensive that it is honestly a little tedious to read.