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L.A. Metro by R.J. Nolan

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If I could, I'd give it 3.5 stars. I enjoyed the book and the characters and stayed engaged throughout the book. I will certainly read the sequel when it comes out.

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the_kara_kara's review

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emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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tricia_r's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

jcurry447's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

banrions's review

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3.0

Hmm.

Okay. I enjoyed like, a solid 75/80ish percent of this book and it was feeling like it could be 4 stars until the end. I was warned about the graphic detailed description of rape but getting to it and listening still annoyed me. For context: it’s a description of something that happened years in the past by the survivor of it, but it’s graphic, and (I felt) unnecessarily so. Here’s the thing, Jess, (the survivor) spends this whole book with Trust Issues and you don’t know why, except there are hints peppered in here and there until it becomes pretty obvious as to why. And I think THAT’S part of my main issue with it? It’s treated (only a little, to be fair, but still) like a spoiler/plot thing to figure out? And her lying about it over and over directly causes conflict for Kim, who’s own Trust Issues stem from being lied to about important and life changing things by people she loves. So, it’s just… ~relationship conflict drama~ and like, pick a better thing? Or don’t have it go into graphic detail in the last 15min of the book to then pop in an epilogue of “and they lived a happily ever after and want to have a baby traumas all good now” in a weird little bow? Idk, it rubbed me the wrong way slightly which is a bummer bc I enjoyed a lot of the earlier bits of the book. They had a decent slow burn going on but in the end it just didn’t pull it together in a way that I enjoyed, instead it actively made me Iike it less.

This is the first book I’ve read by this author, I know there are others in this universe and I might still check them out, bc I think Angela Dawe narrates them too. She’s why I picked up this one, and she does a fantastic job. I didn’t love her voice for Jess, which did mean I was a little less into that character overall, but that’s a personal preference thing for sure. Lower/husky voices don’t usually do it for me.

Overall, this seemed like it would be decently good, but in the end didn’t pull it together for me, and needs a trigger warning for the end.

jennabeebs79's review against another edition

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slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

RJ Nolan has created an engaging story about psychiatrist, Kim and ER doc, Jess. Both women have past traumas that have affected how they live their lives. I enjoyed the relationship development between them because extra time was taken for Kim to crumble Jess's walls and allow her in. The dialogue is natural and believable and the descriptive details are plenty. Thor, Jess's great dane is an adorable addition to this story. Sometimes, the story tends to lag when they go back and forth holding back their feelings but there's enough action in the ER to level out the lag.

Audiobook: Angela Dawe does a lovely job with the narration. There's a lot of internal dialogue from both mains, and Dawe was able to provide consistent voices to help readers differentiate between spoken and internal dialogue. Her performance is engaging and is a fantastic accompaniment to the original text.