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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
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This is book 2 in the Deanna Madden trilogy by A.R.Torre and you can find my review for book 1 here. This may contain spoilers for book 1 but I’ll try and put a little note before I include the spoilers and there will be no spoilers for this book 😊
I loved this so much more than the first book; one of my main issues was that she went on and on about her bloodlust and I couldn’t get behind it and struggled with understanding why she had this bloodlust that she couldn’t control. There was none of that in this book which makes sense as book 1 was obviously the introduction to Deanna and her issues. Of course, her blood lust and need to kill everyone was mentioned but no-where near as much which made this book so much more enjoyable.
Again, this was told from multiple POV just like the first book, and I really enjoyed it. I found it was easy to distinguish between whose POV was being told and I loved hearing from the ‘bad guy’ perspective and getting to hear his reasoning behind everything he was doing. I also loved that we got to find out more about Mike which I really enjoyed, and I didn’t expect the twist with him!
This next bit will contain possible spoilers from book 1!
I enjoyed seeing Jeremy and Deanna’s relationship progress and I like how Deanna could control her urges for the most part around him but did still struggle at times and still majorly struggled with her feelings and controlling her urges towards other people. Jeremy didn’t fix her which is something that I hate in relationships, so it was nice to see that Jeremy hadn’t miraculously cured her from all her issues. It was also nice to see Jeremy’s struggle with Deanna’s job; he struggled with jealously which was obviously to be expected in her job and what she does for a living and he was very eager to try and understand her job instead of trying to get her to quit.
It was also interesting to see Deanna evolving herself with her issues and changing up her routines as she progressed herself and due to her relationship with Jeremy. She starts to go out to the shop across the road, let’s Jeremy take her on dates out and then buys a car. Although they weren’t all great idea’s, she’s still trying to not just be an isolated recluse and it was nice to see managing to get out a bit more than she used to.
I really enjoyed the storyline in this book as well; I liked how a client managed to somehow find out where she was (supposedly) despite having her online personality and all the online protection and I really enjoyed how this plot worked out. I also enjoyed the role that Mike played in it all and how much of a significant part he was given in it all. And wow, that twist; I thought it was going to be like in the movies where everything works out well but it wasn’t and I love A.R.Torre for that!
I definitely enjoyed this a lot more than the first book and will 100% be picking up the final book in this trilogy! Again, this does contain a lot of erotic sexual scenes, just as a forewarning, so if that’s not something you’ll enjoy then I wouldn’t recommend picking this up.
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This is book 2 in the Deanna Madden trilogy by A.R.Torre and you can find my review for book 1 here. This may contain spoilers for book 1 but I’ll try and put a little note before I include the spoilers and there will be no spoilers for this book 😊
I loved this so much more than the first book; one of my main issues was that she went on and on about her bloodlust and I couldn’t get behind it and struggled with understanding why she had this bloodlust that she couldn’t control. There was none of that in this book which makes sense as book 1 was obviously the introduction to Deanna and her issues. Of course, her blood lust and need to kill everyone was mentioned but no-where near as much which made this book so much more enjoyable.
Again, this was told from multiple POV just like the first book, and I really enjoyed it. I found it was easy to distinguish between whose POV was being told and I loved hearing from the ‘bad guy’ perspective and getting to hear his reasoning behind everything he was doing. I also loved that we got to find out more about Mike which I really enjoyed, and I didn’t expect the twist with him!
This next bit will contain possible spoilers from book 1!
I enjoyed seeing Jeremy and Deanna’s relationship progress and I like how Deanna could control her urges for the most part around him but did still struggle at times and still majorly struggled with her feelings and controlling her urges towards other people. Jeremy didn’t fix her which is something that I hate in relationships, so it was nice to see that Jeremy hadn’t miraculously cured her from all her issues. It was also nice to see Jeremy’s struggle with Deanna’s job; he struggled with jealously which was obviously to be expected in her job and what she does for a living and he was very eager to try and understand her job instead of trying to get her to quit.
It was also interesting to see Deanna evolving herself with her issues and changing up her routines as she progressed herself and due to her relationship with Jeremy. She starts to go out to the shop across the road, let’s Jeremy take her on dates out and then buys a car. Although they weren’t all great idea’s, she’s still trying to not just be an isolated recluse and it was nice to see managing to get out a bit more than she used to.
I really enjoyed the storyline in this book as well; I liked how a client managed to somehow find out where she was (supposedly) despite having her online personality and all the online protection and I really enjoyed how this plot worked out. I also enjoyed the role that Mike played in it all and how much of a significant part he was given in it all. And wow, that twist; I thought it was going to be like in the movies where everything works out well but it wasn’t and I love A.R.Torre for that!
I definitely enjoyed this a lot more than the first book and will 100% be picking up the final book in this trilogy! Again, this does contain a lot of erotic sexual scenes, just as a forewarning, so if that’s not something you’ll enjoy then I wouldn’t recommend picking this up.
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dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Every action has a reaction... the last thing Deanna expects from blocking a recently released convict from her page is what she got. After beginning to open herself up, to the outside world, love, buying a new car... Deanna's world is flipped upside down. Can she recover?
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
While the first book was already very simplistic in its style and the message it was trying to convey, it at least had interesting plot elements that kept you hooked. This one had none of that. The vilain is cartoonishly evil and while I can understand someone that evil existing, I truly do not believe they think so stupidly simply. The main character, that used to have an element of intrigue simply lost it in the second one and the love plot, at first interesting quickly became stale.
When I didn't think it was possible to truly love a book so much, it became possible! I am writing this after staying up too late to finish reading this (I shall regret this because of early class tomorrow, oh well!).
I cried so hard and I screamed and I sighed deep sighs of relief and I didn't think a book could still do that to me. My chest seriously hurts from having so many attacks of worry of what was going to happen next.
I need to get my hands on the next book!!
Alessandra, please never stop writing Deanna because you have just created my favorite fictional character EVER.
I cried so hard and I screamed and I sighed deep sighs of relief and I didn't think a book could still do that to me. My chest seriously hurts from having so many attacks of worry of what was going to happen next.
I need to get my hands on the next book!!
Alessandra, please never stop writing Deanna because you have just created my favorite fictional character EVER.
I could have sworn I did a review on this! No sure what happened. But expect one soon! This happens to be one my favorite books :)
For the first half of the book, I was unsure what I thought about it. The beauty of [b:The Girl in 6E|20640318|The Girl in 6E (Deanna Madden, #1)|A.R. Torre|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1390794294l/20640318._SX50_.jpg|22213300] is the premise of her being a recluse, and how she is able to live her life without leaving her apartment. (Some of these things are already obsolete with how fast technology moves). Since that had been kind of played out, I didn't even know where it could go from there.
Then I really started to get into the story, and once again I got sucked into this character's life. I don't really know if it lived up to her first book, but now I want to see what happens next, so I have put the third one on my "to read" list.
Then I really started to get into the story, and once again I got sucked into this character's life. I don't really know if it lived up to her first book, but now I want to see what happens next, so I have put the third one on my "to read" list.
emotional
tense
Once again this series just grabbed me and wouldn't let go annihilating my day and threatening to derail my TBR list for the month. I'm almost certain I have book #3 somewhere, so I can't wait to dig it out and check in with Deanna. I loved everything about this!
This was even better than the first book and that very rarely happens with sequels. I had so much fun being in Deanna's world again and I love how messed up the story got. I'm still not on board with the romance and agter this book, I kinda ship Deanna with Mike now, however hopeless that might be. Will definitely finish the series soon!