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Dead Giveaway by Nichole Severn
5.0
Dead Giveaway is district attorney Genevieve Alexander’s story, as she tries to both escape as well as find out the identity of the killer who’s after her with the help of her ex, Easton Ford.
Book Two of Defenders of Battle Mountain follows another serial killer as they follow an ex-resident of this small town, with the aim of getting justice!
Trigger Warning: Serial Killer, Violence, Gory, Kidnapping
Warning: This is the second book in a series and has spoilers of the first one.
Synopsis:
Genevieve got one of the worst serial killers recently sentenced to life in prison, but The Contractor turns up at her house and awards her a second chance to catch him. She needs help as she reinvestigates the case, and the only person that comes to her mind is Easton Ford, her ex who’s now Battle Mountain’s reserve officer.
Review:
First of all, how I loved the cover of this one. Easton Ford has already been introduced in Grave Danger, book one of this series, as the younger brother of Weston. He is finally ready to take charge of his own life after hiding out for a long time in his family’s property post losing his entire unit in Afghanistan; he’s ex-military.
His former fiancée, Genevieve Alexander, is in the crosshairs of a serial killer, and as the volunteer Battle Mountain PD reserve officer, he would do anything to protect her.
The book starts with a bang as we are introduced to both the killer, one of their victims, and their next target. And then starts the second chance story of Easton and Genevieve.
This was as much a fight about getting justice as it was about Genevieve proving herself that she was her own woman. I loved seeing the character stand for herself time and again. Especially since she was only nineteen at the time she left the man she thought was destined to be ever after.
I will never stop loving the fact though, how [a:Nichole Severn|5763145|Nichole Severn|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1544285676p2/5763145.jpg] makes her stories as kickass as she makes them soft.
Yep, I love such kisses.
A writing style I noticed in this book was the way the author wrote the continuation scenes. Almost gave me a heart attack, thinking about what/how it all went wrong and whether one of the two protagonists will be there to save the day next. It was all so suspenseful.
How my heart hurt for both of them; Genevieve and Easton both need help with their feelings/past, and yet they do not seem to have the exact people they seek it from, even when they do have in their lives people who care about them.
Dead Giveaway has a serial killer unlike any I have read before. Not only was I able to guess till the very end their identity but also it was a new concept (for me) where the serial killer was motivated other than the usual forms of inducements (which came as a total surprise!).
There’s a three-month later epilogue for the protagonists and another epilogue that introduces the next story (Dead on Arrival).
Thank you to the author for an e-ARC of the book.
Originally posted on:
Shaina's Musings
Book Two of Defenders of Battle Mountain follows another serial killer as they follow an ex-resident of this small town, with the aim of getting justice!
Trigger Warning: Serial Killer, Violence, Gory, Kidnapping
Warning: This is the second book in a series and has spoilers of the first one.
Synopsis:
Genevieve got one of the worst serial killers recently sentenced to life in prison, but The Contractor turns up at her house and awards her a second chance to catch him. She needs help as she reinvestigates the case, and the only person that comes to her mind is Easton Ford, her ex who’s now Battle Mountain’s reserve officer.
Review:
First of all, how I loved the cover of this one. Easton Ford has already been introduced in Grave Danger, book one of this series, as the younger brother of Weston. He is finally ready to take charge of his own life after hiding out for a long time in his family’s property post losing his entire unit in Afghanistan; he’s ex-military.
His former fiancée, Genevieve Alexander, is in the crosshairs of a serial killer, and as the volunteer Battle Mountain PD reserve officer, he would do anything to protect her.
The book starts with a bang as we are introduced to both the killer, one of their victims, and their next target. And then starts the second chance story of Easton and Genevieve.
This was as much a fight about getting justice as it was about Genevieve proving herself that she was her own woman. I loved seeing the character stand for herself time and again. Especially since she was only nineteen at the time she left the man she thought was destined to be ever after.
I will never stop loving the fact though, how [a:Nichole Severn|5763145|Nichole Severn|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1544285676p2/5763145.jpg] makes her stories as kickass as she makes them soft.
He kissed the crown of her head.
Yep, I love such kisses.
A writing style I noticed in this book was the way the author wrote the continuation scenes. Almost gave me a heart attack, thinking about what/how it all went wrong and whether one of the two protagonists will be there to save the day next. It was all so suspenseful.
…and there’s no shame in searching for things that make us feel better. Even if no one else understands it.
How my heart hurt for both of them; Genevieve and Easton both need help with their feelings/past, and yet they do not seem to have the exact people they seek it from, even when they do have in their lives people who care about them.
Dead Giveaway has a serial killer unlike any I have read before. Not only was I able to guess till the very end their identity but also it was a new concept (for me) where the serial killer was motivated other than the usual forms of inducements (which came as a total surprise!).
There’s a three-month later epilogue for the protagonists and another epilogue that introduces the next story (Dead on Arrival).
Thank you to the author for an e-ARC of the book.
Originally posted on:
Shaina's Musings