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Exhale (Flesh and Bone, #1)

Joel Abernathy

Start date: May 9, 2018

Finish date: May 15, 2018

Discussion: Buddy Reads

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May 11, 2018 Diana rated it really liked it

Shelves: pnr, ku, m-m, turning-pages-buddy-read

I jumped into this buddy read with just skimming the blurb, and I was surprised how much I really enjoyed this one.

I am not a huge reader of PNR, but I was sucked into this story because of Jack. He was just so real with his emotions and his love for his daughter was just beautiful. He would do anything to keep his daughter, Ellie, safe. After the death of his wife, Jack decides to move to start over. Let’s just say, it was definitely not what he was expecting. He meets a man who he has hated f ...more

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May 29, 2018 Bev rated it really liked it

Shelves: paranormal, mm, fantasy, kindle-unlimited, disability-or-health-issues

Enjoyed this way more than I thought I would when I first started the book because Nicolae. He's a total arsehole, and I really struggled with his character at first. That said, I really liked the story with all the twists and turns, as well as the world building and am definitely going to continue with the series. ...more

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May 09, 2018 Marion rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, all-time-favorite, paranormal-shifters-vamps, can-t-wait-tbr, series-to-finish, free-reads, age-gap, enemies-to-lovers, humor, buddy-read

4.5 Stars!

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Nov 05, 2018 Jennifer☠Pher☠ rated it it was ok

Shelves: m-m, 2-stars-equals-it-was-ok, kindle-unlimited

2★'s = it was ok.

I honestly put this book off for a long time because I thought it was going to be too dark for my liking.

It really isn't dark at all.

What it is is confusing; it didn't really make much sense to me.

It's also uncomfortable. I didn't feel good while reading this book. I felt absolutely horrible for Jack the entire read.

I'm a huge fan of mine and fated mates and all that usually entails but by the time we got to that part of the story, well, it was just too late and I didn't get i ...more

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Jul 27, 2018 kimberly_rose rated it liked it

Shelves: fic-infuriating-five-star-one-star, fic-romance-gay, fic-abuse-between-mcs, fic-shifter-or-omegaverse, fic-slaves-power-imbalance, fic-dv-physical-and-or-emotional, fic-present-day-science-fiction, fic-health-issues-disease-stigma, own-nope-kindle-unlimited

The first 75 percent, I was all agog with fascinated fascination: complex characters (my pathos was bleeding out in sharp spurts); intriguing, unique situation (an unusual shifter world at war); themes of power and strength, autonomy and helplessness (my favs!); cruel, mean behaviours with a careful delivery of gradual changes (to believable love? I hoped); and tension, my god, the tension!