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A review by despinareviews
Still Beating by Jennifer Hartmann
4.0
Rating: 3.5 rounded up.
This book was incredibly difficult to rate. Cora Lawson and Dean Asher (who have been rivals for over 15 years) are kidnapped by a serial killer called 'The Matchmaker'. Dean has been engaged to Cora's sister Mandy and been with her for 15 years - honestly this is the reason that makes rating this book so difficult to rate. 15 years is a LONG time to be with someone and then have the events of this book unfold. I can't say I loved that bit.
This is a *very* dark romance, not to be read lightly. The trigger warnings for this book are kidnap, rape (in a number of ways, on-page), suicide (attempt), death of an animal.
I think for me the issues I had with this was Cora - particularly her 'I'm not like the other girls' mentality and the way she talks in a very deprecating way when talking about her sister who frankly did nothing to wrong her.
Overall not a bad read (despite my lack of connection to one of the two MCs), I will go on to read Lotus which is a spin-off book of this.
This book was incredibly difficult to rate. Cora Lawson and Dean Asher (who have been rivals for over 15 years) are kidnapped by a serial killer called 'The Matchmaker'. Dean has been engaged to Cora's sister Mandy and been with her for 15 years - honestly this is the reason that makes rating this book so difficult to rate. 15 years is a LONG time to be with someone and then have the events of this book unfold. I can't say I loved that bit.
This is a *very* dark romance, not to be read lightly. The trigger warnings for this book are kidnap, rape (in a number of ways, on-page), suicide (attempt), death of an animal.
I think for me the issues I had with this was Cora - particularly her 'I'm not like the other girls' mentality and the way she talks in a very deprecating way when talking about her sister who frankly did nothing to wrong her.
Overall not a bad read (despite my lack of connection to one of the two MCs), I will go on to read Lotus which is a spin-off book of this.