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moonlily115's review
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
autismreading_mom's review
5.0
This is the most exciting book I have read in a long time! It is clean and very well written. Sharon Sala is one of my favorite authors. So many unexpected twists and turns! I love the strength of her characters; both men and women especially Trey and Olivia. Never would have predicted the ending. I would love to read more like this!
tomaind's review
5.0
Sharon Sala/Dinah McCall is one of my favorite Romantic Suspense authors. This story was right in line with most of her books, thrilling suspense that leaves you guessing until the last chapters of the book.
autismreading_mom's review against another edition
5.0
This is the most exciting book I have read in a long time! It is clean and very well written. Sharon Sala is one of my favorite authors. So many unexpected twists and turns! I love the strength of her characters; both men and women especially Trey and Olivia. Never would have predicted the ending. I would love to read more like this!
ela_35's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
The plot and the mystery were great, but I didn’t really care about the main characters getting together.
At the beginning some things are said about Olivia and then when she sees Trey again, I really didn’t like how she reacted, so I didn’t like her from the beginning. After that, there wasn’t really any relationship development between Olivia and Trey, and Olivia seemed more like a side character, so I never really started liking her. She left Trey because his family wasn’t good enough for Olivia’s grandfather, but I liked her grandfather’s present behaviour more than I liked Olivia’s. When Olivia sees Trey in the present, she gets angry at him for apparently being insensitive when he was just doing his job. Olivia annoyed me from the beginning and since she wasn’t shown a lot throughout the book, there wasn’t a reason to start liking her.
I really liked the plot and how you didn’t really know who could have done those things 25 years ago.
There wasn’t really any character or relationship development.
I might still try other books by this author, but it seems like the book I really liked by this author was a one off.
caribbean_skye's review against another edition
3.0
One thing I enjoy about Sharon Sala/Dinah McCall is that she loves to throw in twists and turns that you never anticipate and this one is no different.
mrsbooknerd's review against another edition
1.0
I read a lot of Sharon Sala novels when I was at school and always look back on them fondly but as an adult I struggle to find the appeal.
The characters in 'Bloodlines' were quite flat and dull, and I felt that I never got to know them at all outside of the case thus they never felt developed. What did Olivia do with her time? A job was never mentioned, no hobbies, no life. She was as dull as old dish water. In fact, she was duller because sometime dish water has some bits floating in it.
Sure, Trey had a job but did he have dinner with his mother every Sunday or volunteer at a dog shelter? These little details would just have made them more vivid and relatable.
The romance was horribly instant and suffered no obstacles at all once it was introduced. Though the characters did have a past to explain some of this away, it all felt far too easy and safe.
Some small niggles:
Trey calling everyone by their name or an endearment in every sentence was so annoying. Livvie this and sweetheart that... I wanted to strangle him.
The fact that the killer was the killer was super obvious.
The constantly changing narrative voice for one or two paragraphs was unnecessary and had no purpose. Page time afforded to this could have been given to developing the characters better.
The role of Terrance and Carolyn was just odd and added nothing. Remove them and the book remains the same.
Overall, this book required no effort to read because it was underdeveloped and flat and I didn't enjoy it at all.
The characters in 'Bloodlines' were quite flat and dull, and I felt that I never got to know them at all outside of the case thus they never felt developed. What did Olivia do with her time? A job was never mentioned, no hobbies, no life. She was as dull as old dish water. In fact, she was duller because sometime dish water has some bits floating in it.
Sure, Trey had a job but did he have dinner with his mother every Sunday or volunteer at a dog shelter? These little details would just have made them more vivid and relatable.
The romance was horribly instant and suffered no obstacles at all once it was introduced. Though the characters did have a past to explain some of this away, it all felt far too easy and safe.
Some small niggles:
Trey calling everyone by their name or an endearment in every sentence was so annoying. Livvie this and sweetheart that... I wanted to strangle him.
The fact that the killer was the killer was super obvious.
The constantly changing narrative voice for one or two paragraphs was unnecessary and had no purpose. Page time afforded to this could have been given to developing the characters better.
The role of Terrance and Carolyn was just odd and added nothing. Remove them and the book remains the same.
Overall, this book required no effort to read because it was underdeveloped and flat and I didn't enjoy it at all.
lilytiz's review against another edition
5.0
Wow, just wow. I'm going to be honest and say that I am not a reader, or a fast one I should say. But this book, I finished in 24 hours of starting. I was immediately hooked, this book had me wondering about who did it and what happened next so much that I couldn't put it down! There's no explaining why I was so obsessed with the story line, the crime, and how it all panned out, I just was! If you love crime, cop, or mystery stories, read this!! Had to give it 5 stars!
ksfmcdaniel's review against another edition
1.0
Couldn't get into. Just an obvious plot, and she calls her grandfather "Grampy", which is really annoying when she's 20-something years old.
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