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3.5-4 Stars!!!
I was provided an ARC from Blushing Babes are Up All Night Book Blog in exchange for an honest review.
This book was definitely a nice change of pace. I can't say I've read a romantic suspense set in the USSR in 1986. It was actually more interesting in the Chernobyl conspiracy fiction portion than the actual romance part. To be completely honest, I don't know a whole lot about Chernobyl because it happened the year I was born and my history classes never seemed to get that far. To say that this story sparked my interest was an understatement. I ended up googling all sorts of things about Chernobyl.
The first 30% of this book is a bit slow. The writing was good; however, so I continued to read it and I'm glad (despite the book being in third person!!!). Although there really wasn't much to like about Allana, and I believe that was intentional, I actually really loved Vasy. I think he was an incredibly well-written character. It was also easy to sympathize with Allana at the end after all she goes through. I thought the intimate scenes felt a little forced just because of where the story goes. It ended up being well put together with the epilogue.
This was the first book I read by Morgan Parker and won't be the last. I look forward to seeing what else she has to offer.
I was provided an ARC from Blushing Babes are Up All Night Book Blog in exchange for an honest review.
This book was definitely a nice change of pace. I can't say I've read a romantic suspense set in the USSR in 1986. It was actually more interesting in the Chernobyl conspiracy fiction portion than the actual romance part. To be completely honest, I don't know a whole lot about Chernobyl because it happened the year I was born and my history classes never seemed to get that far. To say that this story sparked my interest was an understatement. I ended up googling all sorts of things about Chernobyl.
The first 30% of this book is a bit slow. The writing was good; however, so I continued to read it and I'm glad (despite the book being in third person!!!). Although there really wasn't much to like about Allana, and I believe that was intentional, I actually really loved Vasy. I think he was an incredibly well-written character. It was also easy to sympathize with Allana at the end after all she goes through. I thought the intimate scenes felt a little forced just because of where the story goes. It ended up being well put together with the epilogue.
This was the first book I read by Morgan Parker and won't be the last. I look forward to seeing what else she has to offer.
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