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Cash Plays

Cordelia Kingsbridge

4.18 AVERAGE

llpantz's review

4.0

Good depiction of addiction

This was very hard to read because the depiction of an addict succumbing Rio his mental illness was superb. The author has made it very clear that Dominic's gambling addiction is not a personal failing, no matter what he thinks. The tension in this book was well crafted.
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tanilian's review

4.75
dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

*Possible spoilers*
As we continue on one of the best thriller series I have read, it grows darker and more intriguing. The Seven of Spades has come back even worse than before and there's now an added threat of a possible gang war.
Along with all of the added stress for Levi, his relationship with Dominic is coming under pressure with both of their jobs taking so much of their time.
There's fantastic characters development, though we have quite a few dark moments with both MC's. The story progresses well and, same as the previous books, there is a lot of action scenes and very intense emotions. Levi still has his personal struggles with inner rage but Dominic's addiction recovery is put into question when a situation as work arises. I am loving this series so far and am really looking forward to working out who the Seven of Spades is!
Definitely recommend though you need to read this series in order as there is a story arc.

3.5 stars. Debated hard on what to rate this and finally fell back on the 'want to read more rate up' vs 'don't want to read more rate down'. I do want to finish out the series so I rated up. BUT!

Ugh. I ABHOR books and really more and more so now in which grown adults don't talk to each other. God, it's soooooo annoying. I know it's an easy way to create drama and I know 99% of the books out there do it, but damn I hate it, so much!

I don't know, maybe it's different with addictions. I don't understand them, so I can't put my head around what he did to hide his actions. That's just not me/my mindset at all. I just know I didn't like it, the book wasn't as enjoyable because of it for me.

But I gotta know more. I love that the killer has been unknown so far. I've had ideas and wanna know if I'm right. Will be disappointed if it's one person, pleased if it's another and probably pissed off if it's the other, because come on. I gotta know!

Good overall series, though this one was really disappointing. Hoping the next is better.

I didn't like the direction the relationship between Levi and Dominic took in this instalment, nor the narrative purpose of the sex scenes. I could see how some readers would really enjoy this narrative choice, so it's definitely a case of reader preference, but I'll leave the series here as I don't see myself enjoying what's to come.
dark mysterious tense medium-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
dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This was definitely much better then the previous one 

2.5

~4.5 stars ~