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kathydavie's review against another edition
4.0
Fourth in the Tracers romantic suspense series revolving around people involved with the Delphi Center, a veritable palace of forensic analysis. The couple focus here is on Sophie Barrett and Jonah Macon.
My Take
I do enjoy Griffin's real-life writing with characters you'd enjoy meeting up with at the corner bar. It's also like a read through on CSI with the talk of DNA analysis, ballistics, raising images of filed-off gun serial numbers and documents, and trace evidence.
It's definitely Texas when students and bystanders jump in with their guns and rifles to help out the cops in taking down this shooter! All in all, a bit of hunting and shooting from target practice to sniper to sneakily through the woods.
The love angle is a bit odd with Jonah wanting to but recognizing that Sophie's a bit stressed and this isn't the time. At the same time, Sophie's wanting to, but she's using it to escape her own fears. An interesting conflict with a woman as the aggressor and the guy holding back...!
The Story
Part of Sophie's new plan is to enroll in some evening courses to give her a heads up on the new career she's planning. The kidnapping fostered fears of closed and dark places. Sort of ruled out those dark parking lots behind nightclubs. Instead, she's going to apply for that job opening and she'll show them what she can do.
But a lone gunman has other ideas for Sophie when he opens up on the crowded campus. And it rocks Jonah's world when he sees Sophie bleeding in the midst of the carnage. It isn't until later when a newscaster mentions a green VW Beetle, that Sophie really puts herself into the line of fire. She remembers that damned Volkswagen stealing her parking spot that day at the university. And she's even more steamed when she presents her theory to Jonah who shoots it down.
It's a dance of see-me, leave-me as Jonah and Sophie two-step around dating, believing, and protecting. With the "relatively" minor issue of everyone suing the police department, the city, and each cop who helped take the gunman down. "Cause, hey, it's America. Sue everybody's ass! And Sophie's not helping matters when she takes her theory, obliquely, to CNN. The cops already think she's just gunning for publicity.
It takes the Delphi Center to find the trace evidence that proves Sophie's point.
The Characters
Sophie Barrett hasn't recovered from her kidnapping in Unforgivable. In fact, she's given up her dream of singing and has channeled that energy into building a more traditional career.
Detective Jonah Macon and his partner went after the shooter and now Jonah is worrying about Sophie. He wants her. And he wants her safe. Ric Santos is his partner while Mia Voss is his partner (see Unforgivable). Wyatt Macon is Jonah's dad, a retired cop.
Lieutenant Reynolds is the man in charge of the shooting case. Minh is their fingerprint expert. Chief Noonan is more interested in closing the case so he looks good even as he fusses over the bottom line. Detective Allison Doyle is in Property but her connections at the university place her on the team investigating the shooting—-Sean discovers she has some painful moves; and, Detective Sean Byrne makes some very impressive connections. They pull in a forensic artist, Fiona Glass, from Austin. Cosgrove is Jonah's SWAT commander.
At the Delphi Center: Kelsey is a forensic anthropologist; Scott Black is ballistics; Mark Royers is a DNA tracer like Mia who tries on a date with Sophie; Alexandra Lovell is in computer crimes (see Untraceable); Roland Delgado is in trace with a garage you could literally eat off; and, Dr. David Lemberger is the head of Questionable Documents with some interesting methods.
James Himmel is the shooter who offed himself; when they process his motel room, they find a stuffed bunny head with its ears cut off. Gretchen Parker is the shooter's ex-wife with their six-year-old twins, Angela and Amy. Marianne Parker is the sister who provides Gretchen with a safe haven for the girls.
Joe Shugart, a.k.a., John Sharpe, is an old buddy of Jim's. He's also a mysterious assassin who knows where everyone is and everywhere they went. Colonel William Fowler is the man in charge at Fort Benning. Master Sergeant David Wolchansky has some inside information for Jonah. Provided Jonah passes his tests. Tyler P. Dorion is a young mojo, mobile journalist, looking to make a name for himself. He simply forgets that not everyone wants his name in lights. Ryan Maxwell runs D-System, a tech company with contracts with the DoD, computer manufacturers, cellular phone companies, etc. Erick Emrick was one of the campus victims along with the pregnant Jodie Kincaid, and Professor Graham.
The Cover and Title
The cover is oranges and browns creating several flights of stairs heading up from the dark through a lovely stone arch with medallions carved into its underside and up into the light with a Sophie silhouette one step down from the top.
I'm guessing that the title could refer to Jim Himmel. Divorced, diagnosed with terminal cancer, he just Snapped.
My Take
I do enjoy Griffin's real-life writing with characters you'd enjoy meeting up with at the corner bar. It's also like a read through on CSI with the talk of DNA analysis, ballistics, raising images of filed-off gun serial numbers and documents, and trace evidence.
It's definitely Texas when students and bystanders jump in with their guns and rifles to help out the cops in taking down this shooter! All in all, a bit of hunting and shooting from target practice to sniper to sneakily through the woods.
The love angle is a bit odd with Jonah wanting to but recognizing that Sophie's a bit stressed and this isn't the time. At the same time, Sophie's wanting to, but she's using it to escape her own fears. An interesting conflict with a woman as the aggressor and the guy holding back...!
The Story
Part of Sophie's new plan is to enroll in some evening courses to give her a heads up on the new career she's planning. The kidnapping fostered fears of closed and dark places. Sort of ruled out those dark parking lots behind nightclubs. Instead, she's going to apply for that job opening and she'll show them what she can do.
But a lone gunman has other ideas for Sophie when he opens up on the crowded campus. And it rocks Jonah's world when he sees Sophie bleeding in the midst of the carnage. It isn't until later when a newscaster mentions a green VW Beetle, that Sophie really puts herself into the line of fire. She remembers that damned Volkswagen stealing her parking spot that day at the university. And she's even more steamed when she presents her theory to Jonah who shoots it down.
It's a dance of see-me, leave-me as Jonah and Sophie two-step around dating, believing, and protecting. With the "relatively" minor issue of everyone suing the police department, the city, and each cop who helped take the gunman down. "Cause, hey, it's America. Sue everybody's ass! And Sophie's not helping matters when she takes her theory, obliquely, to CNN. The cops already think she's just gunning for publicity.
It takes the Delphi Center to find the trace evidence that proves Sophie's point.
The Characters
Sophie Barrett hasn't recovered from her kidnapping in Unforgivable. In fact, she's given up her dream of singing and has channeled that energy into building a more traditional career.
Detective Jonah Macon and his partner went after the shooter and now Jonah is worrying about Sophie. He wants her. And he wants her safe. Ric Santos is his partner while Mia Voss is his partner (see Unforgivable). Wyatt Macon is Jonah's dad, a retired cop.
Lieutenant Reynolds is the man in charge of the shooting case. Minh is their fingerprint expert. Chief Noonan is more interested in closing the case so he looks good even as he fusses over the bottom line. Detective Allison Doyle is in Property but her connections at the university place her on the team investigating the shooting—-Sean discovers she has some painful moves; and, Detective Sean Byrne makes some very impressive connections. They pull in a forensic artist, Fiona Glass, from Austin. Cosgrove is Jonah's SWAT commander.
At the Delphi Center: Kelsey is a forensic anthropologist; Scott Black is ballistics; Mark Royers is a DNA tracer like Mia who tries on a date with Sophie; Alexandra Lovell is in computer crimes (see Untraceable); Roland Delgado is in trace with a garage you could literally eat off; and, Dr. David Lemberger is the head of Questionable Documents with some interesting methods.
James Himmel is the shooter who offed himself; when they process his motel room, they find a stuffed bunny head with its ears cut off. Gretchen Parker is the shooter's ex-wife with their six-year-old twins, Angela and Amy. Marianne Parker is the sister who provides Gretchen with a safe haven for the girls.
Joe Shugart, a.k.a., John Sharpe, is an old buddy of Jim's. He's also a mysterious assassin who knows where everyone is and everywhere they went. Colonel William Fowler is the man in charge at Fort Benning. Master Sergeant David Wolchansky has some inside information for Jonah. Provided Jonah passes his tests. Tyler P. Dorion is a young mojo, mobile journalist, looking to make a name for himself. He simply forgets that not everyone wants his name in lights. Ryan Maxwell runs D-System, a tech company with contracts with the DoD, computer manufacturers, cellular phone companies, etc. Erick Emrick was one of the campus victims along with the pregnant Jodie Kincaid, and Professor Graham.
The Cover and Title
The cover is oranges and browns creating several flights of stairs heading up from the dark through a lovely stone arch with medallions carved into its underside and up into the light with a Sophie silhouette one step down from the top.
I'm guessing that the title could refer to Jim Himmel. Divorced, diagnosed with terminal cancer, he just Snapped.
tori_fink's review against another edition
4.0
Good stuff! Every one I read I like more than the last!
hannahlewis803's review against another edition
3.0
Skip this one. It is by far my least favorite of the Tracers Series so far. Sophie and Jonah’s romance felt forced and unbelievable. I was also disappointed that at the end of the last book they were supposed to go on a date to a concert and that got completely glossed over in this book . I was hoping their romance would have already kicked off but instead it was just too much back and forth and then mehhh.
gotbrie's review
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
3.5
ceta_cea's review against another edition
5.0
This is my favourite so far. I just loved the whole story and Josuah. :-)
butilikeit's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mass/school shootings
Moderate: Violence and Sexual content
colorfulleo92's review against another edition
3.0
Sophie Barret finds her in the middle of a open shooting on a campus, leaving a few dead including the shooter. She is determined to figure out why. She doesn't belive it was a random and senseless act but no one wants to belive her. She teams up with a homicide detective to get to the bottom and of course there is romance.
This book was rather meh, it had potential to be suspenseful and exciting but did not do anything for me and I couldn't see the connection in there romance. Might try out more of Laura Griffin's books but this one wasn't for me
This book was rather meh, it had potential to be suspenseful and exciting but did not do anything for me and I couldn't see the connection in there romance. Might try out more of Laura Griffin's books but this one wasn't for me
jen286's review against another edition
4.0
This review was originally posted to Jen in Bookland
Snapped was another great Tracer series read. I just love these. I love reading how everyone goes about trying to solve the crimes. Even though some of the characters in this story annoyed the bejeezus out of me I still loved reading it.
Snapped is the story of Sophie and Jonah. At the end of the last book Sophie had been kidnapped by the killer and was rescued just in the nick of time by Jonah and the cops. There was something between the two of them even then, but with that incident Jonah didn't want to overstep and try to start something when she is still healing.
When this story opens Sophie is on her way to the local university to sign up for some classes. She wants to try and get a promotion at work so she is trying to take classes to help her career. Only she never makes it to registration as a gunman opens fire. Three people were killed, multiple injured before the gunman killed himself. Sophie was there watching as a pregnant lady died across from her. So not the best time for Sophie. Just trying to get over her abduction and now this.
Jonah is one of the cops that responds to the school shooting and when he sees Sophie there he is worried about her. He likes her, he just might not admit how much even to himself. Now that she is a witness to the shooting he really should stay away. Only he can't.
Sophie was annoying in this story. She treated all men like they only want one thing from her - sex. She also keeps trying to throw herself at Jonah and have sex with him as a way to like repay him for stuff. She is all kinds of messed up in the head, but she frustrated me to no end. I just wanted to be like can't you see how amazing Jonah is? He is so nice to you and obviously doesn't just want a one night stand. You keep trying to use sex with him, and he doesn't take you up on it and you still think the only thing he wants is sex. Argh she was frustrating at times. She has a lot going on and when she remembers seeing something that prevents the police from wrapping up this shooting in a nice little bow she gets in even more trouble. Someone is after here and she doesn't make the smartest decisions. You would think almost getting yourself killed multiple times would make you more cautious, but apparently not with her. She is set against doing what Jonah wants her to do to keep herself safe because...well because she just is.
Jonah gets frustrated with Sophie just like I did. He would get so angry with her and I loved it. Even though he would be furious and was trying to stay away from her romantically since she is a witness and needs protection, he can't help but want to be with her at the same time. His self control is really tested and it was fun to read. He was really a great guy and always trying to do the right thing by Sophie. I loved him.
Through all of that I loved reading about how the cops tried to solve the case. How they try and unravel everything to make the picture complete. I love that stuff. So even though Sophie could really frustrate me, I still loved reading this story. They are so much fun! And intense and sweet and just really great read. I cannot wait to read the next one now.
Snapped was another great Tracer series read. I just love these. I love reading how everyone goes about trying to solve the crimes. Even though some of the characters in this story annoyed the bejeezus out of me I still loved reading it.
Snapped is the story of Sophie and Jonah. At the end of the last book Sophie had been kidnapped by the killer and was rescued just in the nick of time by Jonah and the cops. There was something between the two of them even then, but with that incident Jonah didn't want to overstep and try to start something when she is still healing.
When this story opens Sophie is on her way to the local university to sign up for some classes. She wants to try and get a promotion at work so she is trying to take classes to help her career. Only she never makes it to registration as a gunman opens fire. Three people were killed, multiple injured before the gunman killed himself. Sophie was there watching as a pregnant lady died across from her. So not the best time for Sophie. Just trying to get over her abduction and now this.
Jonah is one of the cops that responds to the school shooting and when he sees Sophie there he is worried about her. He likes her, he just might not admit how much even to himself. Now that she is a witness to the shooting he really should stay away. Only he can't.
Sophie was annoying in this story. She treated all men like they only want one thing from her - sex. She also keeps trying to throw herself at Jonah and have sex with him as a way to like repay him for stuff. She is all kinds of messed up in the head, but she frustrated me to no end. I just wanted to be like can't you see how amazing Jonah is? He is so nice to you and obviously doesn't just want a one night stand. You keep trying to use sex with him, and he doesn't take you up on it and you still think the only thing he wants is sex. Argh she was frustrating at times. She has a lot going on and when she remembers seeing something that prevents the police from wrapping up this shooting in a nice little bow she gets in even more trouble. Someone is after here and she doesn't make the smartest decisions. You would think almost getting yourself killed multiple times would make you more cautious, but apparently not with her. She is set against doing what Jonah wants her to do to keep herself safe because...well because she just is.
Jonah gets frustrated with Sophie just like I did. He would get so angry with her and I loved it. Even though he would be furious and was trying to stay away from her romantically since she is a witness and needs protection, he can't help but want to be with her at the same time. His self control is really tested and it was fun to read. He was really a great guy and always trying to do the right thing by Sophie. I loved him.
Through all of that I loved reading about how the cops tried to solve the case. How they try and unravel everything to make the picture complete. I love that stuff. So even though Sophie could really frustrate me, I still loved reading this story. They are so much fun! And intense and sweet and just really great read. I cannot wait to read the next one now.
carobcbg's review against another edition
5.0
i loved that the characters are so satisfyingly human in their actions abs lack of foresight. Very keen on continuing with this series.