A review by jenniahw
Close Enough to Hurt: A Novel by Katherine A. Olson

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  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book wasn't what I expected, but not in a bad way at all. The description sets a little more mystery to it, but I think it's a fairly straight forward story of a woman whose life has been driven by a horrible thing that happened to her big sister. She finds the only way she can cope is by helping others find the answers and take down the people who have wronged them in their lives. And she does it so well that she has a steady clientele and her nickname is whispered among the people. But finally she's faced off with the villain of her sister (and her) story in the form of something horrible he's done to another woman and plans to do to millions if his lies about a cutting edge drug puts it out into the world.

She manages to do this while being forced to address her feelings for the partner in crime who is on his way out of the business and into settling down. The romance between them is the kind that could flourish, if only she stopped fighting herself and putting up a front that leaves her from thinking that she's better off without someone like him. But this fight she puts up is also the thing that gets her to see the truth. To see that distancing herself from not only him, but her sister is unhelpful to her and all parties deserve something more, Something happy.

The story is wrapped up nicely in a bow and we get to see a win for so many women because a man who's been allowed to get away with everything from the moment he was born is dealt with. 

I'm thankful for the chance to listen to this book given to me via NetGalley.
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