Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Risk by S.T. Abby

231 reviews

adelesbooks's review

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dark emotional informative mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0


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kirstenpod_'s review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-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

1.75


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ninahuynh's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

That cliffhanger!! I did not expect to be left with more awe and intrigued than I am! I listened to this book, so it felt like an episode of a crime show, like Criminal Minds or Law & Order. The balance of the FBI and crime-solving/revenge killing story with the romance Lana and Logan blossoming is even. Excited to find out what's next.

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ephemeral_remi's review

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challenging dark lighthearted sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0


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wordsofclover's review

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Lana is on a mission which involves getting revenge on a group of men who hurt her one by one. And she really enjoys doing it. Things get complicated when Lana meets Logan, an FBI profiler who happens to be the lead detective on the murder cases left behind by Lana. Can the two form a real relationship despite one being a killer, and the other the person who catches one?

This was a surprisingly good read for me. I think part of why I enjoyed this so much was the FBI profiling/crime investigation part of the story in Logan's POV as it gave me Criminal Minds vibes. You do have to set your belief aside a little bit when it comes to the amount of abusing privilege in the Quantico offices as the team uses their database to look up the background of Lana and other people getting romantically involved with others. It's a bit creepy to be honest, and I like to think this doesn't happen in real life :/

I actually enjoyed Logan's POV more than Lana's - I think because it felt a bit more realistic and we also see a more 'normal' Lana in his chapters. The sex scenes are grand, not too much, not too little and there's not an overload of them either so they don't take away from the overall theme of the story which is killer/hunter.

There were some parts of Lana's story that are over the top but fun for the sake of the story though I could do without references to her 'murder room' and 'murder box' - like really you are just going to say these things out loud instead of giving them code names for when in public, cool cool. But the idea of a female vigilante in the way Lana is, is just kind of fun to read despite the violence and gore (and against, pausing my disbelief that men with guns would run away from a small girl with a knife no matter how well she wields it).

As predicted, this story ends on a really big cliffhanger but one that makes me want to read the next book asap. 

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herasrevenge88's review

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medium-paced

5.0


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kcmg710's review

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dark inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

So fucking hooked omg!!!

FIRSTLY WTF WAS THAT CLIFFHANGER!?

You can’t just end a book like that 😂

I feel as though that was all part 1 of  a super chunky book. Like although there was only 130 (ish) pages a lot got said and nothing got said at the same time 🤦🏽‍♀️😂. 
Does that make sense!? 

Either way I’m really hooked and I’m about to download the next one to start reading, loved Lana and Logan and can’t wait to see more of what’s to come with their relationship and the rest of the story.

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alli_the_bookaholic13's review

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challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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karalara's review

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adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious 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? Yes

4.25


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dosxhime's review

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challenging dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5


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