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4.22 AVERAGE
4.22 AVERAGE
It's scary to think that the premise of this book is the way it feels the world is moving. Suicide bombers with nothing strapped on to them but one touch and BOOM! A bomb explodes killing everyone in it's path.
In Trigger, touch from another person is the catalyst, the trigger, for setting off the bomb. Are these victims or volunteers? Is it terrorism in it's higher form? Turns out, one person can touch these people without triggering the bomb. For Dr Kate, ER doctor, her day grows into one big scary adventure as she works out a way to de-activate these human bombs. Meanwhile, Sergeant Andy is trying to find out who is creating them, where they are being kept and making sure that Kate remains 100% safe.
The characters in Trigger feel real and you fall them, all of them. Jack the digital whiz kid, Henry the young protector and Althea, a human bomb. Their stories pull you and make you feel the whole adventure. I can't wait to read their next adventure!
In Trigger, touch from another person is the catalyst, the trigger, for setting off the bomb. Are these victims or volunteers? Is it terrorism in it's higher form? Turns out, one person can touch these people without triggering the bomb. For Dr Kate, ER doctor, her day grows into one big scary adventure as she works out a way to de-activate these human bombs. Meanwhile, Sergeant Andy is trying to find out who is creating them, where they are being kept and making sure that Kate remains 100% safe.
The characters in Trigger feel real and you fall them, all of them. Jack the digital whiz kid, Henry the young protector and Althea, a human bomb. Their stories pull you and make you feel the whole adventure. I can't wait to read their next adventure!
Ignoring the possibility of a human bomb and touch trigger, the imagination and creativity for this book are just amazing. This book is action filled with a romance subplot. As a standalone, we get the beginning of Kate’s and Andy’s love story, seeing how they gravitate to each other. As the first book of a trilogy, we get the background for conflicts in the later books.
Overall 4.5/5. The writing could use improvements but I’m not complaining for a debut and an almost 5-star read.
Overall 4.5/5. The writing could use improvements but I’m not complaining for a debut and an almost 5-star read.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-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:
No
I really enjoyed this book, the whole thing with the bombs being inside people created by a mad scientist was really good. I'm glad it wasn't all about the romance until the end and about the people and how they fought
I'm glad I picked this book up. It was a really interesting premise, someone has altered people turning them into bombs. There is a little romance to this but primarily the story revolves around the doc and finding who is behind the human bombs and stopping them. It was a good read and I'll pick up the next in the series
Interesting premise and riveting storytelling. The main characters are all fully fleshed out and likeable enough to leave you wanting more.
adventurous
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:
No
Whether it’s because of the pandemic or just that the time was right for some adrenaline, I found myself a couple of days ago in need of something to deeply engage my mind. I’ve had my eye on Jessica L. Webb’s Dr. Kate Morrison series for a while (I read [b:Repercussions|32072906|Repercussions|Jessica L. Webb|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1497075683l/32072906._SY75_.jpg|52720394] a year ago and loved it), and after watching the author read from the second book, Pathogen, during the Bold Strokes Books Bookathon last April, it felt like a good idea. And it so was!
When a terrified man enters the ER of a Vancouver hospital, chief resident Kate Morrison is the first to notice him. Despite his pleas for her not to touch him, she catches him when he falls. Almost immediately the police arrive and they too insist she not touch him. Not one to abandon a patient in need, Kate Morrison disobeys the intriguing Sergeant Andy Wyles’ order, unaware that she walked right in the middle of an investigation of human beings being used as weapons. More specifically, as bombs triggered by touch. Kate agrees to join the investigation, as a doctor but also as the only person who seems to be able to touch the initial patient, then others. As they work together, assisted by sweet nerd Jack Sharpe, Kate and Andy learn to trust each other, their connection going beyond the investigation.
While not absolutely perfect, Trigger is an amazing debut by Jessica L. Webb, a complex, clever, fast-paced thriller, which made my heart race many times, both with the human bomb arc and the very slow-burn yet incredibly exciting romance. The focus is on the investigation, the proceedings, the medical challenges, not on the romance, but the rare moments there are are remarkably tender and subtle, the undercurrent of chemistry between Kate and Andy ubiquitous.
Trigger is told in third person, exclusively from Kate’s point of view. We feel her confusion, her fear, her doubts but also her logic, the easy brilliance of her mind, her certainty, her strength. Andy is almost as mysterious to the reader as she is to Kate, which makes the budding feelings even more thrilling in the midst of all the extremely nerve-racking action.
I have too many soon-to-be-released books to read to allow myself to move straight on to book 2 of this series, but I will get to it very very soon.
When a terrified man enters the ER of a Vancouver hospital, chief resident Kate Morrison is the first to notice him. Despite his pleas for her not to touch him, she catches him when he falls. Almost immediately the police arrive and they too insist she not touch him. Not one to abandon a patient in need, Kate Morrison disobeys the intriguing Sergeant Andy Wyles’ order, unaware that she walked right in the middle of an investigation of human beings being used as weapons. More specifically, as bombs triggered by touch. Kate agrees to join the investigation, as a doctor but also as the only person who seems to be able to touch the initial patient, then others. As they work together, assisted by sweet nerd Jack Sharpe, Kate and Andy learn to trust each other, their connection going beyond the investigation.
While not absolutely perfect, Trigger is an amazing debut by Jessica L. Webb, a complex, clever, fast-paced thriller, which made my heart race many times, both with the human bomb arc and the very slow-burn yet incredibly exciting romance. The focus is on the investigation, the proceedings, the medical challenges, not on the romance, but the rare moments there are are remarkably tender and subtle, the undercurrent of chemistry between Kate and Andy ubiquitous.
Trigger is told in third person, exclusively from Kate’s point of view. We feel her confusion, her fear, her doubts but also her logic, the easy brilliance of her mind, her certainty, her strength. Andy is almost as mysterious to the reader as she is to Kate, which makes the budding feelings even more thrilling in the midst of all the extremely nerve-racking action.
I have too many soon-to-be-released books to read to allow myself to move straight on to book 2 of this series, but I will get to it very very soon.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Well, this was a surprisingly good read. You need a little bit of suspension of belief when it comes to science, but other than that, this was a superb read.
The storyline advanced slowly at the beginning, which suited the story perfectly. But once that it picked speed? It was impossible to stop reading. The suspense was thick and the stakes high, holding me glued to the book.
And for a romance, the characters didn't spend too many time together *laughs* But I liked how organically it develops. Andy and Karen are both women used to stressful situations, albeit in different circumstances, both competent, smart and resourceful. They are strong in different ways, and although Andy has all that strong-and-silent thing going on, you can feel how she begins to get drawn to Karen.
The secondary characters, Jack and Althea particularly, are fully fleshed and more than literary devices. Their personality comes through with clarity and they are interesting and easy to understand. As a matter of fact, I would like to see a bit more of Jack myself :P
I think this is a series, and if it so, I'll get the next book ASAP.
The storyline advanced slowly at the beginning, which suited the story perfectly. But once that it picked speed? It was impossible to stop reading. The suspense was thick and the stakes high, holding me glued to the book.
And for a romance, the characters didn't spend too many time together *laughs* But I liked how organically it develops. Andy and Karen are both women used to stressful situations, albeit in different circumstances, both competent, smart and resourceful. They are strong in different ways, and although Andy has all that strong-and-silent thing going on, you can feel how she begins to get drawn to Karen.
The secondary characters, Jack and Althea particularly, are fully fleshed and more than literary devices. Their personality comes through with clarity and they are interesting and easy to understand. As a matter of fact, I would like to see a bit more of Jack myself :P
I think this is a series, and if it so, I'll get the next book ASAP.
I love a good mystery and this book took me for a ride. When I pick up a book placed in the lesbian romance genre I expect to mostly be there for the interplay between the protag and their love interest but I was very into the plot of this book. I won't spoil a thing but it there was a great balance between the feelings between the two characters and the story of the human weapons. I very much appreciated that. All of the characters were lovable aside from the villain, of course. Jack won me over from the first instant.